HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-10-2017 Legislative Committee Meeting Agenda Orange County Sanitation District ,+ Monday, July 10, 2017
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC Administration Building
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Board Room
10844 Ellis Avenue
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(714) 593-7433
AGENDA
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
DECLARATION OF QUORUM:
PUBLIC COMMENTS: If you wish to address the Committee on any item, please complete a Speaker's
Form(located at the table at the back of the room) and submit it to the Clerk of the Board or notify the Clerk of
the Board the item number on which you wish to speak. Speakers will be recognized by the Chairman and
are requested to limit comments to three minutes.
REPORTS: The Committee Chair and the General Manager may present verbal reports on miscellaneous
matters of general interest to the Committee Members. These reports are for information only and require no
action by the Committee.
Sacramento Visit—June 27, 2017
CONSENT CALENDAR: Consent Calendar Items are considered to be routine and will be enacted, by
the Committee, after one motion, without discussion. Any items withdrawn from the Consent Calendar for
separate discussion will be considered in the regular order of business.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
RECOMMENDATION: Approve minutes for the Committee meeting held on
June 12, 2017.
NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
None.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
2. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long)
3. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral)
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OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS,
IF ANY:
ADJOURNMENT:
The next Legislative and Public Affairs Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday,
August 14, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.
Accommodations for the Disabled: Meeting Rooms are wheelchair accessible. If you require any special disability
related accommodations, please contact the Orange County Sanitation District Clerk of the Board's office at
(714)593-7433 at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. Requests must specify the nature of the disability
and the type of accommodation requested.
Aaenda Posting: In accordance with the requirements of California Government Code Section 54954.2, this agenda
has been posted outside the main gale of the Sanitation District's Administration Building located at 10844 Ellis Avenue,
Fountain Valley, California, and on the Sanitation District's website at www.ocsd.com, not less than 72 hours prior to
the meeting date and time above. All public records relating to each agenda item, including any public records
distributed less than 72 hours prior to the meeting to all,or a majority of the Board of Directors,are available for public
inspection in the office of the Clerk of the Board.
Agenda Description: The agenda provides a brief general description of each item of business to be considered or
discussed. The recommended action does not indicate what action will be taken. The Board of Directors may take
any action which is deemed appropriate.
NOTICE TO DIRECTORS: To place items on the agenda for the Committee Meeting, items must be submitted to the
Clerk of the Board 14 days before the meeting.
Kelly A.Lore
Clerk of the Board
(714)593-7433
Klore(locsd.com
For any questions on the agenda, Committee members may contact staff at:
General Manager James D. Herberg (714)593-7300 iherbem(rpomd.com
Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli (714)593-7400 rohirelli(o3ocsd.com
Principal Public Affairs Specialist Jennifer Cabral (714)593-7581 0cabral(W.Omd.com
Senior Public Affairs Specialist Rebecca Lon 714 593-7444 rlon ocsd.com
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ITEM NO. 1
MINUTES OF THE
LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Orange County Sanitation District
Monday, June 12, 2017 at 12:00 p.m.
A meeting of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee was called to order by Chair
Seboum on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 12:01 p.m. in the Administration Building of the
Orange County Sanitation District. Vice-Chair Shawver led the pledge of allegiance.
A quorum was declared present, as follows:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT:
Greg Sebourn, Board Chair Jim Herberg, General Manager
David Shawver, Board Vice-Chair Bob Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
Allan Bernstein, Member-At-Large Celia Chandler, Director of Human Resources
Peter Kim, Member-At-Large Jim Colston, Director of Environmental Services
Donald P. Wagner, Member-At-Large Rob Thompson, Director of Engineering
Chad Wanke, Member-At-Large Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance &
John Withers, Member-At-Large Administrative Services
Tina Knapp, Deputy Clerk of the Board
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT: Jennifer Cabral
None. Belen Carrillo
Rebecca Long
Kelly Newell
Mark Manzo
OTHERS PRESENT:
Mark Atkinson, Inside the Outdoors
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Eric O'Donnell, Townsend Public Affairs
Eric Sapirstein, ENS Resources (via
teleconference)
Stephanie Smith, Inside the Outdoors
Cori Williams, Townsend Public Affairs
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
None.
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REPORTS: The Committee Chair and the General Manager may present verbal reports on
miscellaneous matters of general interest to the Committee Members. These reports are for information
only and require no action by the Committee.
General Manager Jim Herberg reported that he and Director of Engineering Rob
Thompson recently had a successful meeting with the Orange County Transportation
Authority CEO and Director of Capital Projects.
Director of Environmental Services Jim Colston reported that the diesel fuel excise tax
increase recently adopted by State legislation does not significantly impact internal
OCSD operations. OCSD, however, will see a significant increase in biosolids hauling
contract costs due to the fuel tax increase. With the introduction of centrifuge operations
in the near future, however, OCSD should see a reduction in overall biosolids hauling.
Mr. Colston indicated he would confirm whether or not the diesel costs would rise
incrementally annually. The Committee requested that this information be provided to
them in brief talking points.
CONSENT CALENDAR: Consent Calendar Items are considered to be routine and will be enacted,
by the Committee, after one motion, without discussion. Any items withdrawn from the Consent Calendar
for separate discussion will be considered in the regular order of business.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Clerk of the Board)
MOVED. SECONDED. and DULY CARRIED TO: Approve minutes for the
Committee meeting held on May 8, 2017.
AYES: Bernstein, Kim, Seboum, Wagner, Wanks, and
Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: Shawver
ABSENT: None
INFORMATION ITEMS:
2. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE (Rebecca Long)
Rebecca Long, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, indicated that staff recently
attended a grants workshop and scheduled a meeting with a contractor regarding
the possibility of obtaining grant writing services. The upcoming visit to
Sacramento is June 27". Ms. Long also indicated that the State of the District
event will be rescheduled from October 131h due to a conflict with the Association
of California Cities-Orange County (ACC-OC) Leadership Symposium.
Eric Sapirstein, ENS Resources, reported that confirmation was recently
received from the Bureau of Reclamation that the final expansion of the
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Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) project is eligible to receive
continued federal assistance, notwithstanding Title 16 assistance.
Mr. Sapirstein also indicated that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has
received approximately 43 applications for water funding loans, 23 of which are
from California. The GWRS final expansion project and the Poseidon project are
two of the 23.
Mr. Sapirstein reported that water infrastructure continues to be an important
message bearing repeating to members of the House and Senate, and
Committees of the same, for continued understanding of water's role in
infrastructure. Water infrastructure funding opportunities continue to remain at
the same levels as in the previous budget. Mr. Sapirstein also indicated that
public-private projects, like the Poseidon project, are of interest to water
infrastructure development as this type of project continues to offer a public
aspect as opposed to being entirely privatized.
Mr. Sapirstein addressed the item on the agenda for consideration to approve
letters regarding H.R. 2510. Mr. Sapirstein also reported on recent staffing
changes made in various branches of the federal government.
Cori Williams and Eric O'Donnell, Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), provided an
informative PowerPoint presentation that included an update on the 2017-18
state legislative session deadlines and specific calendar dates; the state budget
general fund and the strong theme of social services; May revisions made by the
Governor regarding natural resources and the conclusion of the emergency
drought response; updates on a variety of bills of interest including AB 574
(Quirk), AB 851 (Caballero), SB 212 (Jackson), AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer),
AB 1479 (Bonta), AB 1129 (Stone), park bond bills, and SB 623 (Monning); bills
to watch including SB 231 (Hertzberg) and AB 967 (Gloria); long term
conservation proposals including AB 968 (Rubio), AB 1654 (Rubio), AB 1668
(Friedman), AB 1669 (Friedman), and a proposed budget trailer bill; and
upcoming OCSD tour dates for key legislative stakeholders.
As AB 851 (Caballero) changed dramatically and co-sponsorship of the bill was
not desired. The Committee expressed interest in developing a bill next year,
like AB 851 (Caballero), offering and addressing a narrower scope for
design-build authority for OCSD projects.
The Committee requested a copy of the final language of AB 1250
(Jones-Sawyer) once it is available.
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NON-CONSENT CALENDAR:
3. CO-SPONSOR H.R. 2510 LETTER AND H.R. 2510 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
LETTER (Bob Ghirelli)
Assistant General Manager Bob Ghirelli provided a brief introduction of this item.
Director Wagner indicated that the sponsorship acknowledgement letter could
better attract attention if it identified the benefits at the outset. Staff indicated
that the letter would be rewritten to outline the benefits at the beginning of the
letter. It was also requested that the co-sponsorship acknowledgement letter
include Representative Linda Sanchez.
MOVED. SECONDED, and DULY CARRIED TO:
A. Approve, as amended, H.R. 2510 Co-Sponsorship Request Letter —
Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 (DeFazio) for
Congressman Ed Royce, Congresswoman Walters, Congressman
Rohrabacher, and Congressman Lou Correa; and
B. Approve, as amended, H.R. 2510 Sponsorship Acknowledgement
Letter—Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 (DeFazio)
for Congressman Alan J. Lowenthal and Congresswoman Napolitano.
AYES: Bernstein, Kim, Seboum, Shawver, Wagner, Wanks,
and Withers
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
INFORMATION ITEMS:
4. POSITION LETTER DISTRIBUTION (Bob Ghirelli)
Public Affairs Supervisor Jennifer Cabral provided an overview of this item and
indicated that staff proposes providing a summary of the legislative position
letters, and the corresponding letters, to the Directors via the General Manager
Monthly Report. The Directors can then use them according to their needs. The
Committee requested that the position letters also be distributed to ACC-OC and
the League of California Cities. The Committee indicated that other agencies
distribute letters like this to their Board Members and the City/General Managers
for the respective agencies. The Chair clarified the wishes of the Committee and
requested that the legislative position letters be sent to the Board Members and
their respective City/General Managers via a specific and separate email from
the General Manager Monthly Report, and that these letters and a summary of
the positions also be included in the General Manager Monthly Report.
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5. INSIDE THE OUTDOORS YEAR-END PRESENTATION (Bob Ghirelli)
Public Affairs Specialist Kelly Newell introduced the representatives from Inside
the Outdoors, Mark Atkinson and Stephanie Smith, and provided a brief overview
of the Inside the Outdoors organization. Ms. Smith and Mr. Atkinson provided
an informative presentation on the Inside the Outdoors programs, which included
an overview of the organization, the programs offered, and components of the
various programs.
Ms. Smith responded to questions from the Committee regarding costs of the
program, the application process, and how the organization markets itself, which
differs district-by-district. Staff responded to a question regarding the number of
young adults reached through the OCSD tour program. The Committee
requested additional information about the Inside the Outdoors programs so they
can notify schools in their cities of the availability of the programs and to
encourage participation.
6. PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE (Jennifer Cabral)
Ms. Cabral provided a brief overview of the current public affairs outreach efforts.
Chair Sebourn indicated that the information included in the agenda packets
provides specific information pertaining to these efforts. Ms. Cabral indicated
that the outreach efforts are highlighted in the General Manager Monthly Report
and indicated that this information can be shared and used as each Director
deems appropriate. From today's meeting, a recap and follow up information
regarding the diesel fuel excise tax will be included in the General Manager
Monthly Report, as will additional information pertaining to the Inside the
Outdoors programs.
OTHER BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
ITEMS, IF ANY:
Chair Sebourn announced that if you are interested in participating in an organization
to which OCSD belongs, please let General Manager Herberg or Ms. Cabral know. The
Committee requested a list of those organizations to which OCSD belongs and a
description of the opportunities for Board Member involvement and what this
involvement entails, including location and time commitment.
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ADJOURNMENT:
Chair Sebourn declared the meeting adjourned at 1:23 p.m. to the next Legislative and
Public Affairs Committee meeting, Monday, July 10, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.
Submitted by:
Tina Knapp, CMC
Deputy Clerk of the Board
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LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE N1eo jiojv� TO ad.of Dir.
AGENDA REPORT IWrnNumber Item Number
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Orange County Sanitation District
FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Robert P. Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
Information Only.
BACKGROUND
The Orange County Sanitation District's (Sanitation District) legislative affairs program
includes advocating Sanitation District legislative interests, Sanitation District sponsored
legislation (where appropriate), and seeking Federal/State funding for projects.
Staff will provide an update on recent legislative activities.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Unified legislative advocacy and public outreach program
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Use all practical and effective means for recovering wastewater for reuse
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with neighboring agencies
• Listen to and seriously consider community input on environmental concerns
PROBLEM
Without a strong advocacy program, elected officials may not be aware that the Sanitation
District is more than a wastewater treatment plant — treating and sending water to the
ocean.
The Sanitation District is an environmentally engaged organization which recycles more
than 50 percent of its wastewater. Additionally, to help meet the goal of 100% recycling,
the Sanitation District uses the byproducts from the wastewater treatment process to
produce biosolids and energy used to help run the two plants in Fountain Valley and
Huntington Beach.
PROPOSED SOLUTION
Work with Local, State, and Federal officials to advocate the Sanitation District's
legislative interests. Help to create/monitor legislation and grants that would benefit the
Sanitation District, the wastewater industry, and the community as a whole. To assist in
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our relationship building activities, we will continue to reach out to our elected officials
providing facility tours, one-on-one meetings, and trips to D.C. and Sacramento.
RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION
If we do not work with Local, State, and Federal elected officials, legislation could be
passed that negatively affects the Sanitation District and the wastewater industry as a
whole. Additionally, this could affect our chances of receiving grant funding.
ATTACHMENT
The following attachment(s)are included in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(www.ocsd.coml with the complete agenda package:
• Federal Update & Legislative Matrix - ENS Resources
• State Update & Legislative Matrix - Townsend Public Affairs
• Grant Matrix
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LL �V
RESOURCES
MEMORANDUM
TO: Rebecca Long
FROM: Eric Sapirstein
DATE: June 22, 2017
SUBJECT: Washington Update
The past month saw the formal fiscal year 2018 budget process begin. Both the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations convened to receive testimony
from federal agencies. In addition,the effort to address infrastructure continued
with the Administration closing in to finalize its plan and congressional committees
preparing to address infrastructure policy this summer should tax reform and
health care progress.
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request Receives Little Support
The Administration's proposed budget priorities underwent congressional spending
committees review as USEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testified on his spending
priorities for the coming fiscal year. These priorities,as noted in last month's
update,would impose 31%reductions across the agency,saving only the clean
water and drinking water SRF programs.If the spending blueprint were to be
adopted,it would limit program fundings to 1980's levels. Under the budget,the
SRF would be maintained at a current level of$2.3 billion though. However,this
funding commitment is somewhat less in reality because the Administration is
seeking to eliminate a Department of Agriculture water infrastructure assistance
program and shift the demand for assistance to the SRF,increasing demand on SRF
assistance program by$500 million.
While Pruitt sought to explain the basis of the funding levels,his position was met
with strong pushback. On a bipartisan basis, House Committee on Appropriations
members cited the importance of USEPA programs and the fact that the spending
request was unrealistic given USEPA's obligations.
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Based upon the hearings,it seems that the political will to approve the requested
budget cuts does not exist. In addition to the lack of support,the past month saw
another indication that Congress will reject the proposed spending cuts. After
months of working toward an overall budget resolution,it appears the House and
Senate might approve a budget resolution, setting overall spending limits. Under
the anticipated resolution,overall domestic spending would be cut by
approximately$10 billion rather than the $60 billion sought by the Administration.
The$10 billion budget cut would likely result in selective program reductions,but
the wholesale elimination of programs is unlikely. Additionally,with the adoption
of the resolution, Congress would avoid triggering sequestration cuts that would
have required across-the-board spending cuts without consideration of a program's
value. While the parameters of a final budget agreement remain open,the past
month's progress provides some hope that an omnibus spending measure could be
approved and sent to the president later this fall avoiding the prospect of a
governmental shutdown.
Agency Personnel Reductions,Program Realignments
While Congress continues to develop spending plans for fiscal year 2018, federal
agencies are implementing White House directives to reduce the size of the federal
bureaucracy. At USEPA,the agency has set-aside to $12 million to encourage early
retirements. This funding is estimated to result in about 1,200 retirements. This,in
addition to projected attrition rates,would mean about 3,000 staffing positions
could be eliminated in the coming year,according to agency officials. If realized,the
agency would be staffed at levels that existed in the late 1970's.
At the same time,the agency is continuing to develop a plan to reform program
management through: the elimination of programs, combination with other similar
program missions, or transferring a program(s)to another agency that might be
better suited to manage the program. All federal departments and agencies are
engaged in this kind of review. A proposed plan must be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget in September. Once submitted, OMB is expected to rely on
the recommendations of the study to help shape the development of the fiscal year
2019 budget that must be finalized for presidential review by late fall of this year.
Infrastructure Policymaking
The Administration conducted its Infrastructure Week road show,traveling across
the country to promote its plans to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. As part of
this activity,a talking paper was released highlighting principles that would shape
federal infrastructure policies. From a water sector perspective the initiative
appears likely to rely upon the SRF,public private partnerships and privatization
approaches. It also appears that a preference for WIFIA type assistance will playa
significant role in any water policy financing initiative. While the contours of the
policy are known,the details remain to be published. According to the White House
Council on Environmental Quality,a detailed plan is to be published within a few
weeks.
GWRS Expansion and WIFIA Assistance
OCSD's priority to support the final expansion of GWRS continues. During the past
month,USEPA published a list of projects that were submitted as part of the first
ever WIFIA program request for projects to be considered for assistance. With a
total of 43 projects nationwide, California projects dominated,representing 47% of
all submissions. For OCSD,it is important to note that USEPA received the GWRS
submittal and one from Poseidon Resources for its Huntington Beach desalination
project. USEPA has informed us that the agency intends to release in July its final
decisions on projects that can proceed to work with agency staff to secure actual
assistance.
Administration Appointments
The White House and USEPA have made a number of announcements that will
result in the staffing of critical positions at the agency. The Office of Water now has
a Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Programs in the person of Lee Forsgren.
He previously served as congressional staff staff to the Committee on Natural
Resources and the Committee on Transportation&Infrastructure. The Assistant
Administrator for the Office of Water remains vacant,but reports suggest that one
lead candidate is the Assistant State Attorney General for Wisconsin, David Ross. It
appears that a Deputy Administrator,who manages the agency on a daily basis,
could be announced shortly. The reported front runner is Jeff Holmstead,an
attorney. Holmstead served as the Office of Air Administrator under President
George W. Bush. Both the Assistant Administrator and Deputy Administrator
positions are subject to Senate confirmation.
Regulatory Reform and Waters of the U.S.
USEPA took two important regulatory actions in the past month. First,it announced
that the dental amalgam rule,requiring best management practices to control for
the introduction of dental amalgam into the waste stream,would be allowed to take
effect. This decision supports OCSD's interests by supporting efforts to reduce
impacts from an important source of pollution.
Second,the agency is reportedly preparing to revoke the Waters of the U.S.rule.
This action means that until such time when a new proposal is developed and
approved for publication,there will no longer be a prospect of additional regulatory
mandates on waters currently not subject to the Clean Water Act's regulatory
framework
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United States Senator for California
PRESS RELEASES
Feinstein: California Facing Potential Catastrophic
Wildfire Season
Jun 39 2017
Washiagfun—Senator Dianne Feinstein(D-CaliL)todayreleased the followingstitementon the start of
California's wildfire season:
'As the wildfire season opens in California,we're seeing signs that it will be even more severe than last
year.Almost 30,000 acres in California have already burned and Cal Fire is currently working to contain
four large fires.
'Increased brush from heavy rains and a sudden heat wave is causing brush fires to ignite quickly.Making
matters worse,six years of drought has left us with more than 1010 million dead trees.This overabundance
of fuel,combined with firm that are burning hotter and faster,has created a potentially catastrophic
sonario in California that poses an increased risk not only to property but also the brave men and women
fightingthmefims.
'I've long advorated for reforming wildfire prevention funding to make our forests and communities more
fire-resilient.Previous cuts to programs that help create healthy forests and reduce wildfire risk have
forced us to spend even more taxpayer dollars fighting massive wildfires today.
"That's why President Trump's proposal to slash an additional$1 billion from the Forest service budget
makes no sense.
'While we push the federal government to enact long-overdue fire reforms,there are steps we can take
right now to prevent forest firm.More than 90 Percent of wildfires are started by humans.I encourage all
Californians to practice ore,motion and good wildfire fire safety heading into the holiday weekend'
gMN
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
RANYU
H.R.1071 Paul Tonko (D- Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017 Amends the Introduced 2113/17 Watch No supporters of
NY) Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States, water Referred to the House note for OCSD
systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage good Committee on Energy and
financial and environmental management of water systems; to Commerce 2/15/17
strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to
enforce the requirements of the Act; and for other purposes.
H.R. 465 Bob Gibbs (R- Water Quality Improvement Act Amends the Clean Water Introduced 1/12/2017 Watch NACWA
OH) Act to allow for integreated plan permits for CSO's and Referred to House Supports/Could
related wet weather compliance needs in association with Committee on become vehicle for
traditional discharge mandates to allow for priority setting Transportation & permit term
Infrastructure Mark-up likely extensions to ten
in July years from five
years
H.R.1068 Frank Pallone (D- Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 To enable Introduced in House Watch No supporters of
NJ) needed drinking water standards, reduce lead in drinking water, 2/15/17, Referred to note for OCSD
plan for and address threats from climate change, terrorism, and Subcommittee on
source water contamination, invest in drinking water Environment 2/17/17
infrastructure, increase compliance with drinking water standards,
foster greater community right to know about drinking water
quality, and promote technological solutions for drinking water
challenges.
H.R. 1663 Robert Wittman (I Water Resources Research Amendments Act Amends the Introduced 3/21/17 Watch No supporters of
Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for Referred to Committee on note for OCSD
and require applied water supply research regarding the water Natural Resources-
resources research and technology institutes established under 3/21/17
that Act.
H.R. 1579 Scott H. Peters Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act To require drinking Introduced in House Watch No supporters of
(D-CA) water systems to assess and address their vulnerabilities to 3/16/17, referred to note for OCSD
climate change, source water degradation, and intentional acts to Committee on Energy and
ensure secuity and resiliency. Commerce
H.R. 1647 Earl Blumenauer Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 To establish a Introduced 3/21/2017 Watch No supporters of
(D-OR) Water Infrastructure Trust Fund, and for other purposes Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
on Water Resources and
Environment
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
H.R. 434 Jeff Denham (R- New WATER Act Authorizes the Department of the Interior, for Introduced 1/11/17 Watch No supporters of
CA) 15 years after this bill's enactment, to provide financial Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
assistance, such as secured loans or loan guarantees, to entities on Water, Power, and
that contract under federal reclamation law to carry out water Oceans-2/7/17
projects within the 17 western states served by the Bureau of
Reclamation, other states where the Bureau is authorized to
provide project assistance, Alaska, and Hawaii.
H.R. 448 Jared Huffman Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act amends the Internal Introduced 1/1 112 0 1 7 Support ACWA and
(D-CA) Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for energy Referred to Committee on CASA Support
conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to exclude from Ways and Means- 1/11/17
gross income subsidies provided: (1) by a public utility to a
customer, or by a state or local government to a resident of such
state or locality, for the purchase or installation of any water
conservation or efficiency measure; and (2) by a storm water
management provider to a customer, or by a state or local
government to a resident of such state or locality, for the
purchase or installation of any storm water management
measure.
S. 692 Deb Fischer(R- Water infrastructure Flexibility Act provides for integrated plan Introduced 3/21117 Support NACWA Supports
NE) permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman, to Referred to Committee on
promote green infrastructure, and to require the revision of Environment and Public
financial capability guidance. Works, Order to be
Reported with an
amendment-4/05/2017
H.R. 1654 Tom McClintock Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act To authorize the Introduced 3/21/17 Watch No supporters of
(R-CA) Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and permitting Referred to Committee on note for OCSD
processes related to the construction of new surface water Natural Resources,
storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Ordered to be Reported
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the (Amended)-4/27/2017
Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit processing,
and for other purposes.
H.R.998 Jason Smith (R- SCRUB Act SCRUB would institutionalize a process to identify Passed House 3/1/17 240- Support No supporters of
MO) those regulations that are eligible to be repealed. Under the 185, Received in Senate - note for OCSD
measure, a bipartisan review commission would examine rules referred to Committee on
fifteen years or older that are determined to be not necessary and Homeland Security and
should be repealed immediately, or given to the appropriate Governmental Affairs
agency for the purposes of prioritizing the rule for repeal.
H.R. 1653 Robert E. Latta Drinking Water Affordability Act amends certain provisions of Introduced 3/21/2017 Watch No supporters of
(R-OH) the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
Ion Environment
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
H.R. 1269 Doug LaMalfa (R- Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act directs Introduced 3/10/2017 Watch No supporters of
CA) the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to support non- Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
Federal investments in water infrastructure improvements in the on Water, Power and
Sacramento Valley, and for other purposes Oceans 3/10/2017
H.R. 1807 Louie Gohmert Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of Introduced 3/30/2017 Watch No supporters of
(R-TX) 2017 amends the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments of Ordered to be Reported note for OCSD
1981 by exempting certain water transfers between public water (Amended)4/27/2017
supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of Texas,
Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of
plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to
covered water transfers containing a prohibited species if: (1)the
species are present in both public water supplies before the
transfer and the water is transferred directly between them; or(2)
the water is transferred in a closed conveyance system (a closed
system that collects, contains, and transports the flow of water,
such as pipe systems)and sent directly to treatment facilities
where the species will be destroyed.
H.R. 1579 Scott H. Peters Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act requires drinking Introduced 3/16/2017 Watch No supporters of
(D-CA) water systems to assess and address their vulnerabilities to Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
climate change, source water degradation, nad intentional acts to on Environment
ensure security and resiliency.
H.R. 1769 David G. Valadao San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act to affirm an agreement Introduced 3/28/2017 Watch No supporters of
(R-CA) between the United States and Westlands Water District dated Orded to be Reported note for OCSD
September 15, 2015, and for other purposes. (Amended)4/27/2017
S. 896 Richard Burr(R-N A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Introduced and referred to Watch No supporters of
Conservation Fund Committee on Energy and note for OCSD
Natural Resources
4/07/2017
H.R. 1971 Lloyd Smucker Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act to provide for integrated Introduced and referred to Support NACWA Supports
(R-PA) plan permits, to establish an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman, Subcommittee on Water
to promote green infrastructure, and to require the revision of Resources and
financial capability guidance. Environment-4/07/2017
S. 880 Tammy Baldwin Made In America Water Infrastructure Act to ensure the use of Introduced and referred to Watch No supporters of
(D-W I) American iron and steel in public water systems, and for other the Committee on note for OCSD
purposes Environment and Public
Works 4/07/2017
H.R. 2001 Grace Napolitano FRESHER ACT of 2017 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Introduced 4/06/2017 No Impact No supporters of
(D-CA) Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas on Water Resources and
operations, and for other purposes. Environment 4/07/2017
OCSD
Federal
Bills of Interest
H.R. 2116 Stephen Knight Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act Introduced 4/25/2017 Monitor NACWA Supports
(R-CA) amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Referred to Committee on
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Natural Resources
participate in a series of water reclamation projects to provide a
new water supply to communities previously impacted by
perchlorate contamination plumes.
H.R. 1647 Earl Blumenauer Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 to establish a Introduced 3/21/2017 Watch No supporters of
(D-OR) Water Infrastructure Trust Fund, and for other purposes Referred to Subcommittee note for OCSD
on Environment
H.R. 2510 Peter DeFazio (D Clean Water and Jobs Creation Act of 2017 to renew the Introduced 5/19/2017 Support CASA Supports
OR) Clean Water SRF Program and to provide grants to support
resiliency needs
S. 1137 Ben Cardin (D- Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure Act to provide for a Introduced 5/16/2017 Monitor No supporters of
MD) robust funding of SRF programs and to establish a Referred to Committee on note for OCSD
WaterSense Program to promote water efficiency Environment and Public
Works
S. 21 Paul Rand (R- Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of Reported to Senate from Monitor No supporters of
KY) 2017 to provide for congressional approval of regulations Committee on Homeland note for OCSD
with impacts of $100 million or greater Security and Governmental
Affairs
H.R. XXX XXXXX Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Budget to be Referred to Cc Monitor Presidential
Budget
Transmitted to
Congress
5/23/2017
Legend:
ACC-OC-Association of California Cities, Orange County
LOCC-League of California Cities
NYC-Not Yet Considered
CASA-California Association of Sanitation Agencies
NACWA- National Association of Clean Water Agencies
ACWA-Association of California Water Agencies
CSDA-California Special Districts Association
TOWNSEND
TPA
To: Orange County Sanitation District
From: Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.
Date: June 23, 2017
Subject: Legislative and Public Affairs Agenda Report
State Political Update
On May 25 and 26, the Senate and Assembly conducted their Suspense File hearings,
considering approximately 800 bills in the span of a few hours. Bills that were successful in
passing the appropriations committees before the May 26 deadline were sent to their respective
Floors. All bills that failed to pass from the appropriations committees to their respective Floors
before the deadline are now two-year bills. The Legislature then met in Floor Session the following
week in preparation for the first House bill deadline on June 2. All bills that failed to pass out of
their house of origin before the June 2 deadline are now two-year bills. All attention then shifted
toward Budget committees and subcommittees in preparation for the June 15 Budget deadline.
Below is a list of key upcoming dates in the Legislature:
July 21 —Last day to pass bills out of their second house policy committees
July 21 —Summer recess begins
August 21 —Summer recess ends
Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Enacted Budget
The Legislature passed the 2017 - 2018 Budget just before the deadline on June 15. Both the
Senate and Assembly passed the main Budget bill AS 97), along with a number of budget trailer
bills. The Conference Committee report was adopted on a near party-line vote with Senator
Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres) as the only Republican to vote for the Budget.
The Budget proposes to spend $183 billion in both general and special funds in the 2017-18 fiscal
year. Additionally, the Budget continues to invest in the state's rainy day fund, which can be used
to help offset declining revenues in the case of an economic downturn.
There are still several budget trailer bills that the Legislature may try to act on shortly, including a
measure that would extend the State's Cap and Trade program. However, it is unclear if those
bills have enough votes to pass, and explains why they were not voted on at the same time as
the Budget.
The Budget and passed trailer bills are now on the Governor's desk for his
consideration. Governor Brown is expected to sign all of the bills approved by the Legislature on
June 15,though it is possible that the he may opt to reduce or eliminate certain expenditures. Any
line item vetoes that the Governor does will be announced when he signs the Budget.
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There were no specific water or sewer related policy or funding developments to come out of the
Conference Committee. The most significant was unanimous support for providing $111 million
for the Department of Water Resources'work on dam safety and emergency response related to
Lake Oroville. This was dramatically less than the$387 million Governor Brown initially proposed
from Proposition 1 to support flood control investments. The resources trailer bill (SB 92) also
contains language requiring dam owners to prepare emergency action plans with updates
mandated every 10 years. While there was broad support for SB 92 given the Lake Oroville
situation, there has been some controversy over language added to the bill that would exempt
the emergency action plans from Public Records Act requests.
Cap and Trade
On May 16, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) conducted their second cap and trade
auction of the year. The auction was a major success, as over 90 percent of the available
emissions credits were sold. Of that, the State will collect approximately $500 million for its
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a staunch difference to the $8.2 million it received from the
February cap and trade auction.
Revenues generated from the Cap and Trade program go toward the Governor's High-Speed Rail
project, various transportation improvements, affordable housing, and sustainable communities.
40 percent of the revenues are available for future appropriation for projects that will reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. The Governor has stated that he will not appropriate any additional
funds until the sunset date of the program is extended beyond its current 2020 date. Legislation
to extend the Cap and Trade program is expected this legislative session.
Experts believe that a key component to this month's auction success is a legal victory
surrounding the cap and trade program last month. In April, the 3r° District Court of Appeals in
Sacramento upheld a lower court ruling that the cap and trade program does not institute an
unconstitutional tax. It was widely suspected that previous auction revenues were a result based
on the programs legal uncertainty.The next quarterly auction is set to take place in August 2017.
Long Term Water Conservation Proposals
Several pieces of legislation were introduced to implement the Governor's executive order on
April 7, which ended the drought in most counties across the State and called for long term water
efficiency and conservation standards. There is ongoing disagreement among the stakeholder
community as to whether the policy should be heard through the legislative process or be
addressed in a budget trailer bill. Two bills, AB 1654 (Rubio) and AB 1668 (Friedman) are still
alive and moving through the legislative process.
AB 968 (Rubio)— Urban water use: water efficiency
AB 968 would require each urban retail water supplier to develop a water efficiency target for
2025 in its 2020 urban water management plan.The bill would also authorize an urban retail water
supplier to adjust and update the water efficiency target when the supplier reports its compliance
in achieving the water efficiency targets. AB 968 (and AB 869 by Assembly Member Rubio) also
continues the exemption of recycled water from water budget calculations. AB 968 was held in
the Assembly Appropriations Committee and is now a two-year bill. AB 968 will not be
eligible for consideration until January 2018.
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AB 1654 (Rubio)— Water shortage:urban water management planning
AB 1654 would require new drought shortage response procedures in urban water management
plans and protects water suppliers that are in compliance with their plans from any state action
during droughts. AB 1654 has been referred to the Senate Natural Resources and Water
Committee and will be heard on July 11.
AB 1668 (Friedman) - Water management planning
AB 1668 would create a new drought response plan by making numerous changes to water supply
planning and drought planning to incorporate climate change, enhance water supply analysis,
and strengthen the enforceability of urban water management plans and drought contingency
planning. AB 1668 also requires a drought risk assessment to be included in an urban water
management plan as part of information considered in developing demand management
measures and water supply projects. AB 1668 has been referred to the Senate Natural
Resources and Water Committee and will be heard on July 11.
AB 1669 (Friedman)— Urban water conservation standards and use reporting
AB 1669 would require the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with the
Department of Water Resources, to adopt long-term standards for urban water conservation and
water use by May 20, 2021. AB 1669 also requires the long-term standards be adopted in
accordance with the regular rulemaking process, and establishes penalties for any violation of
these regulations. AB 1669 was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and Is now
a two-year bill. AB 1669 will not be eligible for consideration until January 2018.
In total, there are two policy bills and one budget trailer bill that are alive and directly relate to
long-term efficiency and drought response. AB 1668 is closely aligned with budget trailer bill
language that the Administration released last month. TPA will continue to monitor the progress
of these bills and keep the District updated.
Little Hoover Commission
On June 22, the Little Hoover Commission conducted its final discussion regarding their
investigation of special districts. In this roundtable meeting, the Commission briefly spoke about
the recommendations for special districts they are considering including in their report to the
Legislature later this year.The tone of the conversation was very positive and it seems as though
the Commission is sincerely interested in the feedback from various special district stakeholder
groups.
One of the recommendations being discussed is a statewide program or a cost-benefit study for
private sewer lateral inspections. These inspections would occur at the time of sale of a property.
TPA will continue to track these recommendations and keep the District informed.
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Priority Legislation
AB 574 (Quirk) - Potable reuse—OCSD Support
AB 574 would require the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), on or before June 1,
2018, to establish a framework for the regulation of potable reuse projects that includes specified
elements. The bill would require the SWRCB, on or before December 31, 2021, to adopt uniform
water recycling criteria for potable reuse through raw water augmentation and would allow the
board to extend this date if certain criteria is met. AB 574 is currently in the Senate
Environmental Quality Committee and will be heard on July 5.
AB 851 (Caballero)—Local agency design-build projects
AB 851 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Water District to use the design-build procurement
process when contracting for the construction of a building or buildings and improvements directly
related to the construction of a building or buildings. Previously, the bill was written in such a way
that would have allowed special districts such as the Orange County Sanitation District to also
use design-build for additional projects such as wastewater facilities, water treatment facilities,
water recycling facilities,and solid waste management facilities. On May 10,the bill was amended
and narrowed to now only apply to Santa Clara Valley Water District. AB 851 is currently in the
Senate Governance and Finance Committee.
SB 5 (De Leon) - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor
Access For All Act of 2018— OCSD Support
SIB 5 would enact the California Drought,Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor
Access For All Act of 2018, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of
bonds in an amount of $3,500,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to
finance a drought, water, parks, climate, coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program.
SIB 5 was recently amended to increase the total bond amount to $3.5 billion and remove an
additional $500 million in waterfunding, bringing the total waterfunding down to$500 million. The
latest round of amendments also removed the funding that was designated for the Integrated
Regional Water Management (IRWM) Program. The Assembly version of this bill, AS 18, has
passed the Assembly Floor and is now in the Senate. AB 1 is focused on park and recreation
funding and does not include specific money for water projects. SIB 5 Is currently In the
Assembly, awaiting assignment to committees.
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SB 231 (Hertzberg)—Local government., fees and charges— Watch
SB 231 is similar to the final version of Senator Hertzberg's SB 1298(2016), which failed to pass
the legislature last year. Unlike SB 1298, SB 231 does not mention conservation, efficiency fees,
or lifeline water rates, as these were topics that eventually led to the amending and killing of SB
1298. SB 1298 (2016) was sponsored by the Water Foundation, and was supported by several
local chapters of the Coastkeepers as well as the Sierra Club. SB 231 is once again being
sponsored by the Water Foundation.
SB 231 amends state law to clarify the statutory authority of cities, counties, and local water
agencies to finance stormwater projects through property-related fees for sewer and water. This
bill changes the definition of"sewer service"to include stormwater, allowing local governments to
charge property owners for the construction and operation of stormwater management projects.
This clarification makes it clear that local governments may build projects necessary to manage
and reuse stormwater. SB 231 Is currently on the Assembly Floor.
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OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
r POSITION
Proposed State Legislation 2017-2018
High Priority 1016.. 1
AB 18 Garcia [D] California Clean Water, Climate, and Coastal Protection and Outdoor Passed the Assembly Floor Support if Guiding Priorities: ACC-OC -Watch
Access For All Act of 2018.Would enact the California Clean Water, and currently in the Senate Amended Funding assistance LOCC-Support
Climate, and Coastal Protection and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018, Rules Committee to be for OCSD projects CASA-Work with
which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in assigned to Committees through grants, Author
an amount of$3,005,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation appropriations, or NACWA- NYC
Bond Law to finance a clean water,climate, and coastal protection and other means CSDA-Support
outdoor access for all program.
AB 574 Quirk[D] Potable reuse The bill would require the state board, on or before June Referred to the Senate Support Legislative and ACC-OC-Watch
1,2018,to establish a framework for the regulation of potable reuse Environmental Quality Regulatory LOCC-Watch
projects that includes specified elements. The bill would require the state Committee and the Senate Policies: Support CASA-Support
board,on or before December 31, 2021,to adopt uniform water recycling Natural Resources and Water measures that NACWA- NYC
criteria for potable reuse through raw water augmentation,as specified, Committee promote and CSDA-Watch
and would allow the board to extend this date if certain criteria is met. provide for the use
of reclaimed water
AB 851 Caballero(D) Local agency design-build projects Current law authorizes a city or Referred to the Senate Watch State Tactics: ACC-OC-NYC
county or a special district that falls within the definition of a local agency Governance and Finance Development and LOCC-Watch
to use the design-build procurement process for specified types of public Committee. advocacy for CASA-Watch
works projects. This bill would modify the definition of"local agency"for design-build NACWA- NYC
those purposes to include special districts that provide or operate legislation targeted CSDA-Support
specified types of services or facilities.This bill would expand the list of at OCSD projects
public works projects for which a local agency may utilize the design-build
procurement process to include Water treatment facilities,wastewater
facilities, solid waste management facilities, and water recycling facilities.
AB 967 Gloria [D] Human remains disposal: alkaline hydrolysis: licensure and Referred to the Senate Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
regulation Would require the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to license Business Professions and Regulatory LOCC- NYC
and regulate hydrolysis facilities, as defined, and would enact Economic Development Policies: Support CASA-Work with
requirements applicable to hydrolysis facilities substantially similar to Committee and the Senate (generally) Author
those applicable to crematoria.AB 967 would require the Hydrolysis Environmental Quality measures that NACWA- NYC
facilities to transport the end product known as hydrolysate to an Committee provide for CSDA- NYC
anaerobic water treatment facility where the hydrolysate will be utilized for improved public
the cogeneration of bioenergy. By expanding the definition of crimes health through
relating to the disposition of human remains and creating new crimes,this regulation
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
AB 979 Lackey[R] Local agency formation commissions: district representation Would Referred to the Senate Watch State Priorities: ACC-OC-Watch
simplify the process for special districts to gain representation on county Appropriations Committee Support the State's LOCC-Watch
local agency formation commissions (LAFCOs).Allows special districts to efforts to increase CASA-Watch
obtain representation on LAFCOs with a majority vote of the county's the effectiveness NACWA- NYC
independent special district selection committee, consisting of the and efficiencies of CSDA-Sponsor
presiding officer of the legislative body of each independent special Local Agency
district in the county.AB 979 also allows the independent special district Formation
selection committee to combine the vote on special district representation Commissions.
with any other meeting of the selection committee.A vote on
representation may be requested by one or more members of the
selection committee representing districts having 10 percent or more of
the assessed value of taxable property within the county.
AB 1250 Jones-Sawyer[D] Counties and cities: contracts for personal services Would establish Referred to the Senate Oppose Legislative and ACC-OC-Oppose
specific standards for the use of personal services contracts by counties. Governance and Finance Regulatory LOCC-Oppose
Beginning January 1,2018,the bill would allow a county or county Committee. Policies: Support CASA- NYC
agency,to contract for personal services currently or customarily legislation and NACWA- NYC
performed by county employees, as applicable, when specified conditions regulation that CSDA- NYC
are met.Among other things,the bill would require the county to clearly allow public
demonstrate that the proposed contract will result in actual overall costs agencies to
savings to the county and also to show that the contract does not cause procure goods and
the displacement of county workers. This bill was recently amended to services in
exclude cities. and does NOT apply to special districts. manners similar to
private industry,
thereby reducing
overall costs of
delivery
AB 1479 Bonta [D] Public records: custodian of records: civil penalties Would require Referred to the Senate Oppose Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
public agencies to designate a person or office to act as the agency's Judiciary Committee Regulatory LOCC-Oppose
custodian of records who is responsible for responding to any request Policies: Oppose CASA- NYC
made pursuant to the California Public Records Act and any inquiry from the imposition of NACWA- NYC
the public about a decision by the agency to deny a request for records. unfunded, CSDA-Oppose
The bill would also authorize a court that finds that an agency or the mandated
custodian improperly withheld from a member of the public, public records programs on local
which were clearly subject to public disclosure, unreasonably delayed governments
providing the contents of a record subject to disclosure in whole or in part,
assessed an unreasonable or unauthorized fee upon a requester, or
otherwise did not act in good faith to comply with these provisions,to
assess a civil penalty against the agency in an amount not less than
$1,000 nor more than$5,000.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
SB 5 De Leon [D] California Drought,Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection,and Currently in the Assembly Watch Guiding Priorities: ACC-OC-Watch
Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018.Would enact the California Funding assistance LOCC-Watch
Drought,Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection,and Outdoor Access for OCSD projects CASA-Work with
For All Act of 2018,which, if approved by the voters,would authorize the through grants, Author
issuance of bonds in an amount of$3,000,000,000 pursuant to the State appropriations, or NACWA- NYC
General Obligation Bond Law to finance a drought,water, parks, climate, other means CSDA-Support
coastal protection, and outdoor access for all program. SB 5 contains$1
billion for water recycling, drinking water,groundwater cleanup, and
integrated regional water management.SB 5 was amended on March 15
to reduce the water funding by$500 million
5B 229 Wieckowski [D] Accessory dwelling units.The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the Referred to the Assembly Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
legislative body of a city or county to regulate the intensity of land use, Housing and Community Regulatory LOCC-Watch
and also authorizes a local agency to provide by ordinance for the Development Committee and Policies:Track CASA-Work with
creation of accessory dwelling units in single-family and multifamily the Assembly Local pending legislation Author
residential zones. Current law requires the ordinance to designate areas Government Committee. to ensure OCSD NACWA- NYC
within the jurisdiction of the local agency where these units may be remains in CSDA-Watch
permitted and impose specified standards on these units This bill would compliance with
authorize the ordinance to include more permissive maximums of the government
increased floor area and total floor space.This bill would prohibit a code as it pertains
special district from considering an accessory dwelling unit a new to wastewater
residential use for purposes of calculating connection fees or capacity system user fees
charges for utilities.The bill also requires any other connection fee or
capacity charge levied by a special district to be proportionate to the
burden of the proposed ADU.
5B 231 Hertzberg [D] Local government:fees and charges.Articles All C and XIII D of the Currently on the Senate Floor Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-Watch
California Constitution generally require that assessments,fees, and Regulatory LOCC-Watch
charges be submitted to property owners for approval or rejection after Policies:Track CASA-Work with
the provision of written notice and the holding of a public hearing.Would pending legislation Author
define the term "sewer"and would recast the definition of"water"to mean to ensure OCSD NACWA- NYC
"water service,"for these purposes, in order to fund stormwater capture remains in CSDA-Watch
projects through property taxes. compliance with
the government
code as it pertains
to wastewater
system user fees
and property tax
revenues and the
investment of
public funds.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
SB 623 Morning [D] Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Would establish the Safe Referred to the Assembly Watch State and Federal ACC-OC-NYC
and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury and would Environmental Safety and Tactics: Work with LOCC-Watch
provide that moneys in the fund are available, upon appropriation,to the Toxic Materials Committee CASA in support of CASA-Watch
State Water Resources Control Board. The bill would require the board to continued use of Closely
administer the fund and authorize the board to provide for the deposit of tax-exempt NACWA- NYC
federal contributions and voluntary contributions,gifts, grants, or financing and CSDA-Watch
bequests.The bill would require the board to expend moneys in the fund feasibile innocating
for grants, loans, contracts, or services to assist those without access to financing
safe and affordable drinking water consistent with a fund implementation approaches.
plan adopted annually by the board, as prescribed.Currently, the bill does
not provide for a funding mechanism for the Fund.The author has
indicated he plans on using a ratepayer assessment(tax on water/public
goods charge)as one of the two funding mechanisms.
SCA 4 Hertzberg [D] Water conservation.The California Constitution requires that the water Currently in the Senate Rules Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
resources of the state be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of Committee Regulatory LOCC-Watch
which they are capable and that the waste or unreasonable use or Policies: Support CASA-Work with
unreasonable method of use of water be prevented.This measure would legislation and Author
declare the intent of the Legislature to amend the California Constitution regulation that NACWA- NYC
to provide a program that would ensure that affordable water is available necessitate the CSDA-Watch
to all Californians and to ensure that water conservation is given a responsible use of
permanent role in California's future. water in residential,
commercial,and
industrial areas.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
Additional Legislation
AB 168 Eggman [D] Employers: salary information Would prohibit an employer, including Referred to the Senate Labor Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-Watch
state and local government employers,from seeking salary history and Industrial Relations Regulatory LOCC-Watch
information about an applicant for employment,except as otherwise Committee Policies: OCSD is CASA- NYC
provided.The bill would require an employer,except state and local committed to the NACWA- NYC
government employers, upon reasonable request,to provide the pay exercise of and CSDA-Watch
scale for a position to an applicant for employment. provision of orderly
procedures for the
administration of
employer-employee
relations, including,
but not limited to,
meeting and
conferring in good
faith with
recognized
employee
organizations
regarding the
wages, hours of
work, and other
terms and
conditions of
employment.
AB 277 Mathis [R] Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Program This bill would,to the Currently in the Senate Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
extent funding is made available, authorize the State Water Resources Appropriations Committee Regulatory LOCC-Watch
Control Board to establish the Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Pollcles:Support CASA-Approve
Program to provide funding to eligible applicants for specified purposes the protection of NACWA- NYC
relating to drinking water and wastewater treatment.This bill would public health CSDA-Support
authorize a county to apply to the board for a grant to award loans or through the
grants, or both,and a qualified nonprofit organization to apply to the construction and
board for a grant to award grants to residents and to small water systems implementation of
advanced
wastewater
treatment
technology.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
AB 355 Chu [D] Water pollution:enforcement. Current law permits the State Water Currently in the Senate Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
Resources Control Board or regional board, in lieu of assessing all or a Appropriations Committee Regulatory LOCC-Watch
portion of the mandatory minimum penalties against a publicly owned Policies: Support CASA-Watch
treatment works serving a small community, as defined, to elect to require measures that NACWA- NYC
the publicly owned treatment works to spend an equivalent amount provide funding CSDA-Watch
towards completion of a compliance project proposed by the publicly and support to
owned treatment works if the state board or regional board makes certain publicly owned
findings. Current law,for these purposes, defines"a publicly owned treatment works
treatment works serving a small community."This bill,for purposes of the and sewage
exception, would instead define publicly owned treatment works serving a collection systems
small community as a publicly owned treatment works serving a
population of 20,000 persons or fewer or a rural county,with a financial
hardship.
AB 869 Rubio[D] Sustainable water use and demand reduction: recycled water. Referred to the Senate Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
Current law imposes various water use reduction requirements that apply Environmental Quality Regulatory LOCC-Watch
to urban retail water suppliers, including a requirement that the state Committee and the Senate Policies: Support CASA-Watch
achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use by December 31, Natural Resources and Water measures that NACWA- NYC
2020.This bill would require recycled water delivered within the service Committee promote and CSDA-Watch
area of an urban retail water supplier or its urban wholesale water provide for the use
supplier for either nonpotable or potable use or that replenishes a of reclaimed water
groundwater basin and supplements the groundwater supply available to
an urban retail water supplier be excluded from the calculation of any
urban water use target or reduction in urban per capita water use.
AB 1654 Rubio [D] Water shortage: urban water management planning.Would require Referred to the Senate Natural Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
each urban retail water supplier to report annually by June 15 to the Resources and Water Regulatory LOCC-Support
Department of Water Resources the status of its water supplies for that Committee Policies: Support CASA-Watch
year and whether the supplies will be adequate to meet projected legislation and NACWA- NYC
customer demand,as prescribed.The bill would require the urban retail regulation that CSDA-Support
water supplier to implement the appropriate responses as described in its promote improved
water shortage contingency analysis if the urban retail water supplier water use efficiency
reports that all available water supplies for the applicable water year will through state and
not be adequate to meet projected customer demand. federal assistance
AB 1668 Friedman [D] Water management planning. Current law,the Urban Water Referred to the Senate Natural Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
Management Planning Act, requires every public and private urban water Resources and Water Regulatory LOCC-Watch
supplier that directly or indirectly provides water for municipal purposes to Committee Policies: Support CASA- NYC
prepare and adopt an urban water management plan and to update its legislation and NACWA- NYC
plan once every 5 years on or before December 31 in years ending in 5 regulation that CSDA-Oppose
and zero, except as specified.This bill would require an urban water promote improved unless amended
management plan to be updated on or before July 1, in years ending in 6 water use efficiency
and one, incorporating updated and new information from the 5 years through state and
preceding the plan update. federal assistance
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
SB 80 Wieckowski [D] California Environmental Quality Act: notices The California Referred to the Assembly Watch State Priorities: • ACC-OC-NYC
Environmental Quality Act requires the lead agency to mail certain notices Appropriations Committee Support efforts to LOCC-Watch
to persons who have filed a written request for notices.The act provides reform the CASA-Watch
that if the agencys offer to provide the notices by email, upon filing a California NACWA- NYC
written request for notices, a person may request that the notices be Environmental CSDA-Concerns
provided to him or her by email.This bill would require the lead agency to Quality Act(CEQA)
post those notices on the agency's Internet Web site.The bill would to streamline
require the agency to offer to provide those notices by email. current procedures
and regulations
SB 189 Bradford [D] Workers'compensation: definition of employee. Existing law Referred to the Assembly Watch Legislative and ACC-OC-NYC
establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Insurance Committee Regulatory LOCC-Watch
Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation,within Policies: OCSD is CASA- NYC
the Department of Industrial Relations,to compensate an employee for committed to the NACWA- NYC
injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment.This bill would exercise of and CSDA-Watch
expand the scope of the exception described above to apply to an officer provision of orderly
or member of the board of directors of a quasi-public or private procedures for the
corporation who owns at least 10%of the issued and outstanding stock administration of
and executes a written waiver, as above. employer-employee
relations, including,
but not limited to,
meeting and
conferring in good
faith with
recognized
employee
organizations
regarding the
wages, hours of
work, and other
terms and
conditions of
employment.
SB 212 Jackson [D] Medical waste. Current law, the Medical Waste Management Act, Currently in the Assembly Support State Priorities: ACC-OC-NYC
administered by the State Department of Public Health, regulates the Environmental Safety and Support legislation LOCC-Watch
management and handling of medical waste, as defined.This bill add to Toxic Materials Committee or regulations that CASA-Watch
the act a definition of"home-generated pharmaceutical waste"as a would prevent the NACWA- NYC
prescription or over-the-counter human or veterinary home-generated disposing of drugs CSDA-Watch
pharmaceutical that is waste and is derived from a household, including, down the drain
but not limited to, a multifamily residence or household.This bill is a follow
up/cleanup bill for Senator Jackson's SB 1229(2016),which provides that
certain collectors who are authorized under federal law to engage in drug
take-back collection with limited protection from civil and criminal liability.
OCSD
State
Bills of Interest
SB 302 Mendoza[D] Joint powers agencies:fire protection:funds—Legislation will address Referred to the Assembly Watch State Priorities: ACC-OC-Watch
how property tax revenues of a County are allocated by that County to a Local Government Committee. Continue to monitor LOCC-Watch
Joint Powers Authority. The bill amends existing law restricting property the state budget CASA- NYC
taxes received by a JPA from the county,so that they"shall" be and actively protect NACWA- NYC
appropriated for fire protection services. Whereas existing law indicates local property taxes CSDA-Watch
that those funds"may only' be appropriated for fire services. Legislation is
likely to be amended to include more specific language
Legend:
ACC-OC-Association of California Cities, Orange County
LOCC-League of California Cities
NYC- Not Yet Considered
CASA-California Association of Sanitation Agencies
NACWA- National Association of Clean Water Agencies
OCSO's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2016-2017
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Applying for Financing Y/N
STATE
Administered by the Department of Water Resources and Proposition 84: Yes Proposition 84: OCSD was eligible
Integrated Regional Water managed by Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority Under Proposition 84, OCSD applied for$1 and applied.
SAWPA . million. Proposition 1: The projects found
Management (IRWM) Grant ( ) in OCSD's CIP do not match up Proposition 1:The projects found in the o
Newhope-Placentia Trunk Proposition 84: 25/a
Program In Proposition 1, $63 million was allocated to with IRWM funding priorities and District's CIP do not match up with
Proposition 84: In 2016, OCSD was awarded funding in $1 million Sewer Replacement Project 7/1/2015 Water Yes
the Santa Ana funding region. Approximately guiding principles. TPA is IRWM funding priorities and guiding
the third and final round of Proposition 84 funding. 2-72 Proposition 1: TBD
Proposition 84 and Proposition 1 $43 million will be used to fund implementation prepared to advocate for funding principles. TPA is prepared to
Proposition 1: Additional funding for this program was Projects. Funding will be broken up into two guidelines to be updated to advocate for funding guidelines to be
included in Proposition 1, which will be available in 2017. rounds. include criteria that would match updated to include criteria that would
OCSD priority projects. match OCSD priority projects.
The purpose of this competitive grant program is to lower
overall greenhouse gas emissions by expanding existing
capacity or establishing new facilities in California to
reduce the amount of California-generated green $24,000,000 is available for fiscal year (FY)
materials, food materials, or alternative daily cover being 2016-17. An applicant can request up to
sent to landfills. Eligible projects include: Construction,
Cal Recycle Organics Grant $2,400,00o for compost projects and No. Did not meet
renovation, or expansion of facilities to increase in-state $5 million Yes - Applied Digesters Applied for grant. None 3/9/2017 Energy/Solids
Program infrastructure for the digestion or composting of organics expe$3,20nses
a afor digestion projects for capital all qualifications.
e
into compost, soil amendments, biofuels, or bioenergy or expennd other eligible expenses for the
for the preprocessing of organics when providing infrastructure portion of the project
preprocessed materials to an in-state digestion or
composting facility that is using the waste to make
compost, soil amendments, biofuels, or bioenergy.
The CPUC's Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP)
provides incentives to support existing, new, and emerging
distributed energy resources. The SGIP provides rebates
Self-Generation Incentive
for qualifying distributed energy systems installed on the Program customer's side of the utility meter. Qualifying Up to $1.4 million N/A No Aquacritox receive funding under this program. program Project was not an eligible expense to N/A, incentive Ongoing Energy N/A
technologies include wind turbines, waste heat to power
technologies, pressure reduction turbines, internal
combustion engines, microturbines, gas turbines, fuel
cells, and advanced energy storage systems.
OCSD was eligible to receive a
planning grant, however, the $75,000
Proposition 1 authorixed $7.12 billion in general maximum award was determined to
obligation bonds for state water supply not be an effective use of staff
Approved through Proposition 1 in November 2014, the infrastructure projects. resources nor a sufficient amount of
Water Recycling Funding State Water Resources Control Board provides funding for funding ($75,000). In mid-2016, the
Program the planning, design and construction of water recycling $625 million is available for water recycling program became heavily
and advanced water treatment technology N/A No SP-173 oversubscribed. Based on the o Ongoing Water N/A
projects that offset or augment state fresh water supplies. projects. Sanitation District's Capital Project Grant: 50/o
Proposition 1 Improvement Program (CIP), the
Program has project and planning grants avaialble. Planning Grant Maximum: $75,000 Sanitation District does not have
projects that fit the current
Project Grant Maximum: $15 million guidelines.As funds begin to replenish,
this will continue to be a funding
opportunity.
Updated 06/26/2017
OCSD's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2016-2017
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Applying for Financin Y/N
STATE Continued
The purpose of this program is to provide accessible low-
California Infrastructure and cost financing to eligible borrowers for a wide range of Program funding is available in amounts
infrastructure and economic expansion projects. Eligible
Economic Development Bank ranging from $50,000 to $25 million, with loan Multiple (possible projects). Water/Energy/
CA0272 Infrastructure State activities generally include designing, acquiring, planning, terms for the useful life of the project up to a TBD Evaluating Evaluating the program. Might be for smaller projects. N/A, loan program Rolling Infrastructure TBD
permitting, entitling, constructing, improving, extending, maximum of 30 ears.
Revolving Fund (ISRF) Program restoring, financing, and generally developing eligible y
facilities within the state of California.
OCSD would not be eligible to apply
for the vast majority of this money.
While most of the Cap and Trade
$900 million from the Cap and Trade program (Greenhouse spending plan is not connected to the Unknown at this
Cap and Trade Funding Gas Reduction Fund) was appropriated in the last $900 million TBD TBD TBD services OCSD provides, the funding TBD Energy TBD
legislative session. did include $40 million for waste time
diversion projects. Staff and TPA will
closely monitor the development of
this program.
$1.5 billion in overall water funding. If SB 5 passes the legislature and TPA and OCSD will advocate for the
SB 5 (De Leon) includes $375 million for each of the follow is signed by the Governor, it will inclusion of this funding in the final
categories: Integrated Regional Water Management $375 million for Water Recycling and $375
2018 Proposed Park Bond (IRWM),Water Recycling Groundwater Sustainability Clean, million for Intergrated Regional Water TBD be placed on the statewide ballot N/A version of the parks bond legislation. If TBD TBD Water No
Safe, Reliable Drinking Water Management (IRWM) to be funneled into the in 2018. Funds will likely not be funding becomes available, TPA and
available until 2019. staff will evaluate the opportunity.
existing programs.
FEDERAL
Project Definition for Pilot and The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
This funding opportunity supports technology development Energy envisions awarding multiple financial
Demonstration Scale OCSD Staff applied however, we
plans for the manufacture of drop-in hydrocarbon biofuels, assistance awards in the form of cooperative Energy/
Manufacturing of Bio bioproducts, or intermediates in a pilot- or demonstration- agreements. The estimated period of $15 million Yes Aquacritox were notified that we did not receive 10/31/2016 Biosolids No
BiOprOduCtS, and BiOpoweOwer scale integrated biorefinery. performance for the design phase of each the grant.
(PD2B3) award will be approximately 1-2 years.
The purpose of this program is to support established We do not fit within their guidelines:
watershed groups in implementing on-the-ground To be eligible, applicants must be a
watershed management projects. Projects should be grassroots, nonregulatory watershed
W aterSMART Cooperative collaboratively developed by members of the watershed group that addresses water availability
Watershed Management group, and address critical water supply needs, water Award Ceiling: $100,000 N/A No SARI/Santa Ana River and quality issues within the relevant 2/15/2017 Water N/A
quality, and ecological resilience. Plans should ultimately watershed, represent a diverse group
help water users meet competing demands and avoid of stakeholders, and can promote the
conflicts over water. sustainable use of water resources
within the watershed.
The Energy Department (DOE) and the Department of OCSD will not currently pursue this Concept papers
Energy Department Partners with Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant. Grant focuses on biorefineries are due Feb 6
Department of Agriculture for (USDA-NIFA)jointly announced $22.7 million to support .(liquid products) The first topic area
$22.7 million N/A No Aquacritox/Biosolids and full Energy/Solids N/A
Integrated Biorefinery the optimization of integrated biorefineries (IBR). DOE is mentions biosolids, but the topic is
Optimization providing majority funding with up to $19.8 million and about feed handling systems, not applications are
USDA-NIFA is providing up to $2.9 million in funding. about biosolids . due April 3.
Updated 06/26/2017
OCSO's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2016-2017
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Applying for Financin Y/N
FEDERAL Continued
Senator Feinstein included $50 million to
support construction of projects that have a
final and deemed feasible study of a recycling The Sanitation District will not be
The Water Infrastructure The enactment of the Water Infrastructure Improvements project. In securing this new competitive Final Expansion of GWRS applying for grants related to the Water/
Improvements Act (S. 612/Public Act (S. 612/Public Law#114-322/WIIN) contained grants program at the U.S. Bureau of TBD Yes-OCW D (planning, design and expansion of the GWRS, but will TBD N/A
Law #114-322/W IIN) important assistance for water recycling and desalination. Reclamation, Senator Feinstein highlighted the construction) support OCWD in their efforts to Infrastructure
identification of several water and wastewater obtain available financing.
agencies that would benefit from the
assistance. OCSD is one of these agencies.
The LUST program receives approximately
The USEPA Leaking $100 million annually to prevent, detect, and
Underground Storage Tank The fund addresses petroleum releases from regulated clean up releases. Assistance is provided TBD Evaluating Cleanup of contaminated soils We will review the grant to determine TBD Infrastructure TBD
underground storage tanks. through grants. Eligible activities include at Plant No. 1 if it is a fit for the project.
(LUST) Trust Fund removal of tanks and cleanup of contaminated
areas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture through its health
watersheds program offers public-owned wastewater A total of$100 million is funded annually and Reviewing the funding
agencies funding through collaboration with agricultural the opportunity to design a watershed program opportunity to see if there is a We will review the possible funding
US Department of Agriculture interests where funding would be provided to the TBD TBD opportunity to determine if it is a fit for TBD Water TBD
might offer OCSD with the chance to advance fit for OCSD. (Restoration of
agricultural entity that would contribute to efforts to protect its priority to reduce regulatory burdens. beaches and estuaries) the Sanitation District.
the watershed and minimize regulatory burdens on the
point source.
Project Funding Opportunity:
A minimum of$20 million to as much as $100 Energy production to reduce
million based upon prior years' budgets. USBR costs of recycled water
could receive as much as $130 million in through innovative
The Department of Energy (DOE),
The DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency is likely to continue support of the WaterSmart (due to increased technologies like Aquacritox, We will review the possible funding to be funded by Congress to support such efforts as funding under W IIN) during the next several TBD TBD. We will monitor for possibleInnovative water monitoring opportunity to determine if it is a fit for TBD Energy TBD
USBR and USEPA biogas, biosolids and green energy. years. USBR will issue solicitations for funding opportunities technology that can produce the Sanitation District.
innovative approaches to managing water and efficient real time monitoring
water treatment through technology and and data analysis, Biogas
processes. Management and Use
Improvements.
It is unclear how the incoming administration may revise
existing programs that address energy and water
efficiency needs. However, the effort to support Project Funding Opportunity:
communities develop approaches that improve the quality TBD. Based on the funding SCADA System and Network
of life in communities might continue to receive funding. If funding becomes available we will Unknown at this
Smart Cities and Security TBD TBD opportunities and OCSD's Upgrades, Seismic Hazard Energy/Water TBD
OCSD might able to leverage such program assistance projects/needs Evaluation (FEMA Mitigation evaluate the opportunity. time
to support innovative
.approaches to security. Funding may Assistance)
also be available through Department of Homeland
Security to assist communities to protect against cyber-
threats.
Possible projects: GWRS
The WIFIA program accelerates investment in our nation's Final Expansion, District 6
water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost Trunk Sewer Relief Project,
supplemental loans for regionally and nationally significant Rehabilitation/Expansion
The Sanitation District does not plan
projects. To qualify for funding assistance a project must Rehabilitation/Expansion to borrow funds to complete projects. Water/
W IFIA cost at least $20 million. The USEPA has expressed an $2 billion N/A No Headquarters Complex, Site The Water District might qualify for 4/10/2017 Infrastructure N/A
interest in projects that deliver multiple benefits that might and Security/Entrance these loans and OCSD will support
capture water recycling as well as projects that address Realignment, Western them if they choose to do so.
stormwater and other"large project" needs. Regional Sewers—Planning
and design and construction
Updated 06/26/2017
OCSD's Grant and Loan Funding Tracker 2016-2017
Name of Grant/Loan Synopsis of Grant/Loan Amount of Grant/Loan Amount Applying Y/N Project/Program Reason Match Deadline Category Rcvd Grant/
Applying for Financin Y/N
COUNTY
Fourth Cycle of the Regional Recycling and Waste
Reduction Grant. This competitive grant provides potential This is a $3 million competitive grant This was in conjunction with Waste
P.
with grant funding to develop sustainable $600,000 per Food waste digestion.
OC Waste and Recycling programs that support compliance with state-mandated opportunity. Up to $600,000 per Supervisorial Supervisorial District NO Digesters. Management and they have decided None 5/19/2017 Energy/Solids No
waste diversion goals and promote increased regional District is available. to not submit for this grant.
recycling and diversion efforts.
Updated 06/26/2017
LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE N1eo jiojv� TO ad.of Dir.
AGENDA REPORT emNumber Item Number
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Orange County Sanitation District
FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Robert P. Ghirelli, Assistant General Manager
SUBJECT: PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
Information Only.
BACKGROUND
Staff will provide an update on recent public affairs activities.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
• Unified legislative advocacy and public outreach program
• Build brand, trust, and support with policy makers and community leaders
• Use all practical and effective means for recovering wastewater for reuse
• Maintain collaborative and cooperative relationships with neighboring agencies
• Listen to and seriously consider community input on environmental concerns
PROBLEM
Many Californians are not aware of the Orange County Sanitation District (Sanitation
District) and the important work we do to keep the environment clean by using the
wastewater byproducts to create energy, water recycling, and the use of biosolids.
Additionally, they are not aware that more than 50 percent of the wastewater is recycled
and used to replenish the Orange County Groundwater Basin.
In general, the community and businesses do not realize that when they improperly
dispose of waste into the sanitation system, it can negatively affect the work we do and
the quality of water we supply for the Groundwater Replenishment System.
PROPOSED SOLUTION
By providing tours, community outreach education, and general communication via the
Sanitation District's website, social media outlets, and mainstream media, we have the
ability to educate the community, local agencies, and businesses on the What2Flush
program, energy production, water recycling, biosolids, and our source control program.
This, in turn, results in a better quality of wastewater.
Page 1 of 2
TIMING CONCERNS
N/A
RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT TAKING ACTION
If we do not educate the community, local agencies, and area businesses about the
Sanitation District, we lose an opportunity to educate thousands of people about our
plants, source control, and the wastewater industry as a whole.
PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
N/A
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
June 2017
Activity # # of Guests
OCSD/OCWD Tours 5 137
OCSD Tours 4 64
S eaki ig Engagements 1 20
Events 4 —400
CEQA
N/A
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
The following attachments are attached in hard copy and may also be viewed on-line at the OCSD website
(www.ocsd.com) with the complete agenda package:
• Outreach Calendar June 2017
• Media Clips June 2017
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OCSD Outreach Report 6/27/2017
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee Contact
6/1/2017 1000- 1200 Plant Tour Boardroom La Paz Mexico Leyla Perez Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
engineering tour. 15
guests
6/1/2017 1800- 1900 Speaking Engagement Bahia Corinthian Newport Beach Rotary Jennifer Cabral Speaker Cheryl Scott
Yacht Club Club. 20 attendees
6/6/2017 900- 1200 Plant Tour Boardroom Godinez HS Tours 50 Paula Zeller and Brian Cheryl Scott
Students Bingman Tour Guides
6/6/2017 830- 1230 Speaking Engagement Costa Mesa High Coastkeeper WHALES Various OCSD Cheryl Scott
School Panel Employees
6/8/2017 900- 1200 Plant Tour Boardroom Godinez HS Tours 50 Jaime Malpede and Cheryl Scott
Students Leyla Perez Tour Guides
6/9/2017 1000- 1130 Plant Tour Boardroom Edison Special Ed Class Belen and Edna Tour Cheryl Scott
to tour P1. 17 guests. Guides
6/9/2017 830- 1230 Speaking Engagement Costa Mesa High Coastkeeper WHALES Various OCSD Cheryl Scott
School Panel Employees
6/19/2017 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Univ. of SF Summer Gina Tetsch Tour guide Cheryl Scott
Nursing Program Tour.
Approx. 25 guests
6/19/2017 1300- 1500 Plant Tour Boardroom Cross Road Project Jennifer Cabral Tour Cheryl Scott
Tour,4 guests. Guide
6/21/2017 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Vanguard Univ. Nursing Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
Tour 15 guests
6/27/2017 12:49:33 PM
OCSD Outreach Report 6/27/2017
Date Time Organization/Event Location Purpose Attendee Contact
6/22/2017 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom North Orange County Chris Cervellone and Cheryl Scott
Chamber Tour. 25 Dickie Fernandez Tour
nests Guides
6/24/2017 - Fountain Valley FV OCSD volunteers to Various Volunteers Cheryl Scott
Summerfest participate in Parade.
6/24/2017 - Dana Point Food Festival Dana Point OCSD volunteers to host Eros Yong Host Cheryl Scott
GWRS both
7/18/2017 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSUF Nursing Tour. 25 Gina Tetsch Tour guide Cheryl Scott
guests
7/19/2017 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom CSUF Nursing Tour. 15 Gina Tetsch Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
guests
7/21/2017 1400- 1530 Plant Tour Boardroom SCAPW Assoc. Shabbir Basrai Tour Cheryl Scott
Engineers Tour. 25 Guide
guests.
7/24/2017 1000- 1130 Plant Tour Room A FLL Tour.Approx. 10 Edna Aguilar Tour Guide Cheryl Scott
guests
7/28/2017 900- 1030 Plant Tour Boardroom Spectrum School lBelen Carrillo Tour Cheryl Scott
Special Ed Class to tour iGuide
P1. 15 guests
6/27/2017 12:49:33 PM
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Table of Contents
CONSTRUCTION.......................................................................PAGE 1
June 20, 2017
Footbridge connecting OCC Buildings will span Newport's Mariners'
Mile by mid-2019
By: Hillary Davis
Daily Pilot
GWRS...................................................................................PAGE 3
June 20, 2017
Would you drink purified toilet water? Hollywood residents will get
the chance Wednesday
By: Steve Scauzillo
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
June 21, 2017
First bottles of purified recycled water debut
Central Valley Business Times
June 21, 2017
Ewww! Hollywood Boulevard tourists get recycled water from toilets
to beat the heat
By: Liz Spear
My News LA
June 21, 2017
From Toilet to Tap: Bottles of Purified Recycled Wastewater handed
out in Hollywood
CBS Los Angeles
June 21, 2017
From Toilet to Tap: Would you drink recycled wastewater?
By: Austin Cross and A. Martinez
89.3 KPCC
June 21, 2017
First bottles of purified recycled water debut in North America
Orange County Breeze
June 21, 2017
Hollywood residents get the chance to drink purified toilet water
from Orange County
By: Steve Scauzillo
Orange County Register
June 21, 2017
Wastewater recycling program nicknamed 'toilet to tap."
By: Rob Hayes
ABC 7
ODOR.....................................................................................PAGE 19
June 2017
Sniffing out the culprits
By: Tadao Vitko, Carla Dillon, Scott Cowden, Zeynep Erdal,
Jay Witherspoon, Yubin Zhou and I.H. Suffet
Water Environment Technology
TWITTER POSTINGS ................................................... .............PAGE 25
FACEBOOK POSTINGS ............................................................PAGE 35
Daily Pilot
June 20, 2017
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Footbridge connecting OCC buildings will
span Newport's Mariners' Mile by mid-
2019
A rendering depicts a planned bridge connecting the existing Orange Coast College School of Sailing&Seamanship,left,
with the planned headquarters of the college's professional mariner program, right. (Courtesy of HPI Architecture)
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Mariners' Mile in Newport Beach is about two years from having a footbridge spanning its middle.
The enclosed public bridge, a project of the Coast Community College District,will connect the
Orange Coast College School of Sailing& Seamanship at 1801 W. Coast Hwy. with a new
headquarters for the college's professional mariner program across the road and give pedestrians an
additional crossing option.
The timing of the bridge, the expansion of OCC's presence on West Coast Highway and the city's
revitalization plans for Mariners' Mile is coincidental, said Brad Avery, director of the School of
Sailing& Seamanship and a Newport Beach city councilman.
He said the new home for the career education program will put more mariners in Mariners' Mile,
historically a nerve center for boating services, and give the 1.3-mile stretch of highway a distinct
gateway.
The bridge will break up a central half-mile stretch where there are no crosswalks on the busy
thoroughfare. It will be about a third of a mile east of the traffic light at Tustin Avenue and about a
quarter-mile west of the Balboa Bay Club.
The bridge and education building will be a single construction project that is expected to be finished
by mid-2019.
The professional mariner program,which trains students to be crew members on commercial and
private vessels, will be in a 10,000-square-foot building above a parking lot and flush with the bridge,
making for an integrated maritime campus. The mariner program currently holds most of its classes at
the sailing center,which also hosts community and youth programs.
The bridge will be 120 feet long and 12 feet wide. The bottom of its deck will be about 20 feet above
the road,with a 10-foot clearance between the deck and the curved,weathered copper roof, according
to a project description submitted to the California Coastal Commission. The span will be a column-
less steel truss structure with woven steel mesh cladding.
Elevators and stairs will connect the bridge deck to the street level. The elevators will be available
during regular business hours; the stairs 24 hours a day. The elevator shafts at both ends will be the
highest points of the structure,reaching 35 feet.
The college started planning the bridge around 2001 and long had its eye on the land across the street
from the sailing center,Avery said.But it couldn't afford it at the time. Instead, the Orange County
Sanitation District bought the land to build a pump station.
But the sanitation district needed only one of the six lots and agreed to sell the college district the
others when it was finished with its project. The college district bought the land last year for$1.8
million, Avery said.
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San Gabriel Valley Tribune
June 20, 2017
CVBT - Central Valley Business Times
First bottles of purified recycled water debut
Santa Ana
June 21, 2017
First there was Perrier. Then came other bottled waters, from the case lot at a warehouse store to the
$20 per glass water carefully poured by a water sommelier.
Now there's water from the sewers of Orange County.
For what they're saying is the first time in the Westem Hemisphere,the California public is getting
bottles of highly purified wastewater from Orange County.
Officials of the Orange County Water District and Orange County Sanitation District say it
demonstrates the safety and technological advancements of sophisticated treatment systems that now
provide new sources of drinking water.
The water district and sanitation district, collaborators in the world's largest water purification facility
of its kind—the Groundwater Replenishment System—officially kicked off a statewide tour to pass out
free bottles of Groundwater Replenishment System water to further convince the public that purifying
what once was wastewater can become a trusted new water resource.
"California, and the world, are increasingly becoming aware that we can reuse our local water supplies
in a safe and cost-efficient manner. We have perfected the treatment technology at our Groundwater
Replenishment System facility,"says OCWD President Denis Bilodeau. "We are taking our water and
our message to the public to alleviate any 'yuck' factor,"
The GWRS has been providing advanced purified water since 2008. It's a proven source of reclaimed
water that costs far less than water imported from Northern California and the Colorado River,the two
Orange County agencies say.
Currently,regulations limit the use of advanced purified water to replenish groundwater basins even
though the GWRS facility creates water that exceeds state and federal drinking water standards. Under
Califomia law AB 2022, adopted last year to expand the public's awareness of water treatment
advancements as the state marches toward direct potable reuse of this water, agencies such as OCWD
are now allowed to bottle highly purified recycled water to be handed out for free as an educational
tool. The water is so pure, it is near-distilled in quality, they claim.
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"Today,we launch a year-long effort to reach as many people as we can in California to share our
success and promote a very sustainable process that will increase our water reliability in the state,"
says OCSD and GWRS Steering Committee Chairman Greg Seboum. "We're able to produce safe and
great-tasting drinking water, so let's do all we can to preserve local water supplies by reusing them."
Using a custom-build"lemonade stand"with picture boards and descriptive brochures,the two districts
will be visiting college campuses,festivals and other public events to pass out limited quantities of the
commemorative bottles of water and describe the three-step purification process. The year-long tour
also celebrates the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the GWRS facility,which will expand its capacity
in the new future to produce 130 million gallons a day of purified recycled water—enough for 1
million people.
"The GWRS facility saved us during the most recent drought. It also gives Southern California one of
the least expensive new sources of water,"Mr. Bilodeau says.
Although state health officials are currently drafting rules that could eventually permit recycled water
to be sent directly to drinking water supplies (direct potable reuse),OCWD's authority is confined to
using purified recycled water indirectly,to replenish Orange County's groundwater basin.
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My news LA
June 21, 2017
Ewww! Hollywood Boulevard tourists get recycled water
from toilets to beat the heat
POSTED BY LIZ SPEAR ON JUNE 21, 2017 IN HOLLYWOOD
Tourists and shoppers along Hollywood Boulevard were given free bottles of water—a
seemingly nice treat on a sweltering day— but some people weren't exactly smiling when
they realized the water was once swirling in a toilet.
Officials from the Orange County Water District and Orange County Sanitation District, who
passed out the free bottles as part of a statewide tour, said Wednesday the ultra-purified
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recycled water actually exceeds all state and federal quality standards. But that didn't calm
everyone's nerves.
"Eww;" one passerby told NBC4 as she was offered a bottle. Another person suggested
drinking toilet water should generally be reserved for dogs.
But the Orange County officials said they want to change people's thinking about the benefits
of recycling water.
"California, and the world, are increasingly becoming aware that we can reuse our local water
supplies in a safe and cost-efficient manner," said Denis Bilodeau, president of the OCWD.
"We have perfected the treatment technology at our Groundwater Replenishment System
facility. We are taking our water and our message to the public to alleviate any 'yuck' factor."
Orange County officials said the GWRS facility has been producing purified water since 2008,
but state regulations limit the ability to use it to replenish groundwater basins— but the
state does allow it to be bottled and handed out as an educational tool.
So the OCWD and the Sanitation District began their statewide tour in Hollywood in hopes of
changing public opinion about the near-distilled-quality water.
"Today, we launch a year-long effort to reach as many people as we can in California to share
our success and promote a very sustainable process that will increase our water reliability in
the state;" said OCSD and GWRS Steering Committee Chair Greg Sebourn. "We're able to
produce safe and great-tasting drinking water, so let's do all we can to preserve local water
supplies by reusing them."
The O.C. officials argued that the water-recycling facility costs less than importing water from
Northern California and the Colorado River.
"As public agencies, we have a duty to share our commitment to creating safe, reliable and
new sources of water with communities that, otherwise, might be put off without the
knowledge we are providing and without being able to taste it," Bilodeau said. "We've given
tours of our facility for years, but this educates a limited audience. Now, with these bottles, we
are able to reach a much larger audience."
—City News Service
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CBS Los Angeles
June 21, 2017
From Toilet To Tap: Bottles Of Purified
Recycled Wastewater Handed Out
In Hollywood
June 21,2017 6.N PM
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — From the toilet to the bottle: The Orange County Water
District and the Orange County Sanitation District handed out bottles of recycled wastewater
Wednesday in Hollywood.
It was the first event in a yearlong statewide tour to educate the public about the
technological advancements of treating local wastewater.
OCWD and OCSD are the first in the Western Hemisphere to bottle recycled water and
distribute it, the agencies said.
The recycling process is done in Fountain Valley at the Groundwater Replenishment System,
which is the world's largest facility to treat and purify wastewater and transform it into drinking
water.
"You'll see this water tastes no different from any other water but can be a great source of
additional water to help get us through our increasing demand for drinking water and through
our increasing droughts," said Mehul Patel, Director of Water Production for the OCWD.
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Here's an interesting fact. The law currently limits using this recycled water to replenish
groundwater basins or for irrigation purposes. But a new state law allows water districts to
bottle the recycled water on a limited basis and distribute it as an educational tool.
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89.3 KPCC
June 21, 2017
From toilet to tap: Would you drink recycled
wastewater?
by Austin Cross and A Martinez I Take Two®an hour ago
6/21/17
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recycled-wastew/
Imagine you're outside one aftemoon, and you're running to make an appointment. It's hot. You're
thirsty.
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Suddenly you see a booth offering free water. The person at the booth hands you a chilled bottle. But
before you take a sip they tell you the water in your hands is recycled wastewatertoilet water, if
you will.
Would you still drink it?
Well, you might just find yourself facing that quandary today.
That's because the Orange County Water District has teamed up with the OC Sanitation District to find
an answer to a pressing problem in California: Is there a way to sustainably source our water?
Starting today, they'll be setting up "lemonade stands"where the water can be sampled.
For more, Take Two spoke to Mehul Patel,director of water production for the OC Water District.
In layman's terms,how does this water go from its original source all the way to the bottle?
The basic point is that anything that leaves your house is waste. Wastewater ends up at a big, central
wastewater treatment plant.
The water goes through an extensive level of treatment,which we call secondary treatment,to the
point where that water's suitable for ocean discharge.
That water goes to an advanced level of treatment at the Orange County Water District where the water
is of ultra-pure quality,where it goes beyond drinking water quality. That water can then be introduced
or replenished into the local groundwater aquifer,which is the main source of drinking water in North
and Central Orange County.
The water bottle comes from our facility. Part of the effort to bottle the water is one that we've spent a
lot of time working through the California legislature even to allow that to occur. We feel that drinking
it is the best way to show that the technology is there, it's been done, and it's another way to find
alternative-sourced water in a drought-stricken region.
How new is this technology?
The heart of it's been around since the mid-70s, early 80s. But using this technology for municipal
water treatment is relatively new. Our project's probably one of the first to use it on a large scale.
What was the motivation for developing it?
We maintain a large underground aquifer here in Orange County that's the main drinking water source
for almost two-and-a-half-million people. The sources that have traditionally replenished the
groundwater here have been affected by the drought.
We knew that—to keep up with demand in the area—we needed to come up with an alternative
source of water.
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We knew that this highly treated wastewater was being discharged through the ocean millions of
gallons a day and that there was the potential that that water could be treated to drinking water
standards and beyond and used as an additional source.
We did years and years of research and testing and found that not only could we treat this water,but
we could treat it economically to the point where it's cost-competitive with the other sources of water
that are used to replenish the aquifer. Once we knew that, we decided to build the project.
We asked a lot of people in the newsroom at KPCC to try this water. Not a single one said yes.
Why is,it so hard for people to get into the idea of drinking wastewater? Is it all in our heads?
Yeah,a lot of it is in our heads. What most people don't realize is that treated wastewater of different
qualities has always been part of the water supply. All water has been recycled at one point or another.
Any water is the same water. It's just the level of treatment that determines.
We don't want the water to be judged by its source,but by where it is today. That's the bias we have to
overcome.
(A Martinez tries the water)
It tastes like normal water. I gotta admit—I was dreading this but I was going to do it for the
show. But it tastes like normal water.
Yeah,and that's the number one comment we get. And it should. It's water. All water is water as long
as you do the right treatment like we have. It shouldn't taste any different. This water is just as good if
not better than any other source of water you're drinking now.
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Orange County Breeze
June 21, 2017
1 e get the ord out!
June 21,2017
First bottles of purified recycled water debut in North
America
For the first time in the Western Hemisphere, the public will receive bottles of highly purified wastewater,
demonstrating the safety and technological advancements of sophisticated treatment systems that now
provide new sources of drinking water, officials announced.
The Orange County Water District(OCWD) and Orange County Sanitation District(OCSD), collaborators
in the world's largest water purification facility of its kind—the Groundwater Replenishment System
(GWRS), officially kicked off a statewide tour to pass out free bottles of GWRS water to further convince
the public that purifying what once was wastewater can become a trusted new water resource.
"California, and the world, are increasingly becoming aware that we can reuse our local water supplies in a
safe and cost-efficient manner. We have perfected the treatment technology at our Groundwater
Replenishment System (GWRS)facility," said OCWD President Denis Bilodeau. "We are taking our water
and our message to the public to alleviate any'yuck' factor."
The GWRS has been providing advanced purified water since 2008. It's a proven source of reclaimed
water that costs far less than water imported from Northern California and the Colorado River.
Currently, regulations limit the use of advanced purified water to replenish groundwater basins even
though the GWRS facility creates water that exceeds state and federal drinking water standards. Under
California law AB 2022, adopted last year to expand the public's awareness of water treatment
advancements as the state marches toward direct potable reuse of this water, agencies such as OCWD
are now allowed to bottle highly purified recycled water to be handed out for free as an educational tool.
The water is so pure, it is near-distilled in quality.
"Today, we launch a year-long effort to reach as many people as we can in California to share our success
and promote a very sustainable process that will increase our water reliability in the state," said OCSD and
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GWRS Steering Committee Chair Greg Sebourn. "We're able to produce safe and great-tasting drinking
water, so let's do all we can to preserve local water supplies by reusing them"
OCWD and OCSD chose a busy Hollywood tourist location to educate the public about the state-of-the-art
purification system and increase public acceptance of recycled water. Approximately 2,000 bottles were
freely distributed during the hour-long display along Hollywood Boulevard.
"As public agencies, we have a duty to share our commitment to creating safe, reliable and new sources of
water with communities that, otherwise, might be put off without the knowledge we are providing and
without being able to taste it," said Bilodeau. "We've given tours of our facility for years, but this educates a
limited audience. Now, with these bottles, we are able to reach a much larger audience."
Using a custom-built"lemonade stand"with picture boards and descriptive brochures, the two districts will
be visiting college campuses,festivals and other public events to pass out limited quantities of the
commemorative bottles of water and describe the three-step purification process. The year-long tour also
celebrates the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the GWRS facility, which will expand its capacity in the
near future to produce 130 million gallons a day of purified recycled water nough for 1 million people.
"The GWRS facility saved us during the most recent drought. It also gives Southern California one of the
least expensive new sources of water," Bilodeau said.
Although state health officials are currently drafting rules that could eventually permit recycled water to be
sent directly to drinking water supplies (direct potable reuse), OCWD's authority is confined to using
purified recycled water indirectly, to replenish Orange County's vital groundwater basin.
For more information about the GWRS and to learn when the bottle tour will come to your city, visit
www.ocwd.com/awrs.
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Orange County Register
June 21, 2017
ORANGE COUNTY
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Hollywood residents get the chance to drink
purified toilet water from Orange County
By Steve Scauzillo I Orange County Register
PUBLISHED:June 21,2017 at 9:36 am UPDATED: June 21,2017 at 3:52 pm
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These are bottles of purified wastewater supplied by the Orange County Water District are to be given away to
passers-by at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood on Wednesday at noon. (photo courtesy of OC WD)
Hollywood Types usually drink bottled water originating from natural springs,exotic islands or, in
the case of Perrier, a remote village in the south of France.
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At noon on Wednesday, as part of a free bottled water giveaway on Hollywood Boulevard,they'll
have a chance to become the first in the world to chug purified wastewater sourced from home
toilets, showers and sinks supplied by the Orange County Water District.
The award-winning water agency is the first in the nation to give away purified wastewater in
bottles. The agency is embarking on a yearlong tour carrying about 16,000 commemorative bottles
of highly treated wastewater to tourist spots, college campuses and local festivals to convince
everyday Southern Californians that water originally flowing from sewage pipes instead of artesian
springs is indeed safe to drink once treated—and maybe even cool.
"We are taking our water and our message to the public to alleviate any `yuck' factor,"said OCWD
President Denis Bilodeau in a statement.
For nearly 10 years,the OCWD and its partner,the Orange County Sanitation District, have
developed a three-stage filtration and treatment process that passes inspection of health and water
agencies. Today, it is recycling 100 million gallons per day or 36.5 billion gallons a year—enough
water for 2.4 million people—and treating it to beyond state and federal drinking water standards.
This water gets piped underground where it joins water stored in the vast Orange County water
basin,which is drawn up through wells for drinking water.
The district puts initially treated wastewater through a three-step process: microfiltration,reverse
osmosis and ultraviolet light with hydrogen peroxide. The final product is similar to distilled water,
the process resembling how space station astronauts reuse their water,the district says.
Other districts, such as the Water Replenishment District of Southern California in southeast Los
Angeles County,run similar wastewater recycle projects on smaller scales. WRD has been using
recycled water for ground-water replenishment and to stop salt water intrusion from the ocean for
decades. A S 107 million project being built will expand its use of treated wastewater next year by
adding another 6.9 billion gallons per year to the San Gabriel Coastal Spreading Grounds where it
percolates into the Central Basin.
Water managers have said using the natural sands of underground aquifers as a final filtration device
was an important part of the process.Now, OCWD says their treatment is so advanced it can deliver
the product directly to homes and businesses.
"The technology is such that we can take it to the tap,"said Denis Wolcott,OCWD spokesman. "We
do not have to go into the ground water."
A new law,Assembly Bill 2022, allows the district to move slowly in that direction, allowing 1,000
gallons a year to be bottled for public consumption,he said. However,recycled water cannot be used
for direct potable use. State agencies are working on rules to allow direct use,he said.
About 2,000 bottles will be distributed free to passers-by at the Hollywood and Highland mall, 6801
Hollywood Blvd., as a way to allow people to taste the water and gauge their reactions,Wolcott said.
The agency will hand out bottles of purified water on Saturday at the Orange County Food, Wine
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and Music Festival. Future tour stops include UC Irvine, Cal State Long Beach and Cal Poly
Pomona,he said.
Reusing local water supplies is cost-effective,cheaper than desalination,the district says. It is being
encouraged by state agencies as a reliable water source and thus, a way to fend off the effects of
future droughts and stop taking water from Northern California or local springs.
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ABC 7
June 21, 2017
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Wastewater recycling program nicknamed "toilet to tap."
KABC
By Rob Hayes
Wednesday,June 21,2017 06:29PM
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) --
"Toilet to tap" is the less-than-appealing nickname given to wastewater that is treated
so it can be recycled for human use.
For about a decade now, Orange County has had a plant that purifies wastewater and
pumps it back into the groundwater supply.
And as the county expands its operations, it is working to convince the public that the
water is indeed clean and safe to drink.
On a scorching first day of summer, the Orange County Water District set up a stand
in Hollywood to give away free ice-cold bottled water.
But like most free things, there was a catch. In fact it's fair to say this giveaway was
flush with catches.
Anyone drinking it had to get over any mental reservations about where the water had
once been.
"It's toilet water!" exclaimed Sir Young Duke, a Hollywood resident. "What do I look
like, a dog or something? I'm not drinking no toilet water!"
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Some out-of-state visitors,however, had no problem with it. In fact, it was seen as just
another weird California thing.
"I just got an extra bottle to take home because we're from Georgia and we don't do
things like this in Georgia," said Sandy Smith,visiting from the Peach State. "This is
absolutely a California thing."
Mehul Patel with the OCWD acknowledged the agency has to get over the stigma of the
project's unfortunate nickname.
"The catchy headline is usually toilet to tap and yeah it does get your attention," Patel
said.
But OCWD officials insist the water goes through a very strict, effective purification
process.
"We put it in the groundwater aquifer, it mixes with other native groundwater and
then is pumped up as drinking water," Patel said.
The water district has no plans to actually bottle the water. It set up the stand to try to
get people to accept the idea of recycled wastewater, so it could eventually pump it
directly into the water system.
The agency also plans to take its public-image effort throughout the state.
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Twitter Posts
June 2017
Twitter Posts for May 2017
Tweeted 21 times and Retweeted 12 times
60C Sewers @OCSewers 4m4 minutes ago
Did you know that OCSD has partnered with compost educators to create The Compost Story?Check out
the new movie! -compostfoundation.org/compost-story
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 27
As part of our#W2F campaign we remind folks about the 3 P's. Do you know#What2Flush?
htto://wwtonline.co.ukinews/themes-investigates-energy-from-fatberas/3594#.W VKGOPnwDD
60C Sewers @OCSewers Jun 26
Do you care about the#environment and#publichealth?Want to advance your#career?Apply for a#job
with @OCSewers! _oesd.com/about-us/jobs/_...
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 26
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
The#GWRS bottled water was getting a lot of news attention last week!
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
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#GWRS roadshow,with#OCWD and @OCSewers featured on @CBSLA.ow.ly/Er7j30cQA6i
t$OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 26
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." -
Helen Keller#MotivationMonday
IWOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 24
We're in#FV 60th Anniversary parade this morning. Thanks for letting us participate!!#ocsd #pullrig
#what2flush
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Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews Jun 23
Via @NBCLA: "Sanitation Workers Hand Out'Toilet to Tap'Water" ow.ly/pYEb30cQycr w/@OCSewers
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BC Water News @BCWaterNews Jun 22
First bottles of purified recycled#water debut in North America @OC_Breeze @EastOCWD @OCSewers
#GWRS
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60C Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
Thanks @ABC7 for helping us spread the word about the purest water in town! #GWRS
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
.@ABC7 helps spread the word about the purest#water in town. #OCWD director of water production talks
about the importance of#waterreuse.
eOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
We are excited to be part of statewide tour to pass out free bottles of#GWRS water!
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
Live from Hollywood: #OCWD and @OCSewers kick off statewide tour to pass out free bottles of GWRS
water
IWOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
#GWRS bottled water is getting a lot of buzz today in LA! Thanks @KNX1070 for stopping by to interview
#OCWD about the purest water around!
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OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
. @KNX1070 Reporter Karen Adams interviews#OCWD about the purest water around.#GWRS. Come
out&taste it now @ hollywood & highland.
t$OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
Come stop by our booth at Hollywood & Highland today to pick up your free#GWRS bottled water!
OC Sewers added,
Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
#GWRS bottled water tour kicks off today at Hollywood & Highland. Stop by at 12:15 to receive your free
bottle. @OCSewers#ocwd
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OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
KPCC's Aaron Mendelson stopped by the#GWRS bottled water launch this morn. ..scpr.org.../from-toilet-
lo-tap-would-you-drink-r.../
`-""" Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews Jun 21
Transforming#wastewater into pure H2O. #Bumblebee gives it the thumbs up. #GWRS @ocsewers
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Take TwoVerified account @taketwo Jun 21
LIVE: Would YOU drink recycled wastewater? @AMartinezLA learns more and tries a taste -kp.cc/akvjfP
@OCSewers @OCWDWaterNews
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
OC Sewers Retweeted Orange County Water
@OCSewers and @OCWDWaterNews are in LA passing out#GWRS water to folks on the street.
OC Sewers added,
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Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews
What kind of water does#Superman drink? Only the purest!#GWRS water. @OCSewers
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Orange County Water @OCWDWaterNews Jun 21
.@a—mendelson @KPCC stop by#GWRS tour in Hollywood to taste the future of water#waterreuse
#tasteslikewaterbecauseitiswater @OCSewers
OOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 21
Happy First Day of Summer!
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OOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 20
OCSD has spent$2.4 million in the past five years on new equipment& more than $300k in one year to
unclog pumps. what2flush.com
6OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 19
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."—Eleanor Roosevelt
#MotivationMonday
eOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 16
This morning staff is attending the OC Water Summit. We look forward to learning more about how to find
new water.
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t$OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 15
Today's#tbt photo is from 1968&gives you an idea of what our Plant No. 2 facility in#HB use to look like.
Its changed a lot since then!
t$OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 14
Have you 'liked'OCSD on Facebook yet? Follow our page for news,fun facts & information about
wastewater treatment! _facebook.com/OCSewers
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 13
Do you care about the#environment and#publichealth?Want to advance your#career? Apply for a#job
with @OCSewers! ..oesd.com/about-us/jobs/.....
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60C Sewers @OCSewers Jun 12
"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." -William
Arthur Ward #MotivationMonday
OOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 7
Come take a tour with us! Check out our new video! htros://www.Youtube.com/watch?r—QIOWIOWAhco
t$OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 6
"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination."- Earl Nightingale
#MotivationMonday
t$OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 4
We're at @CityofTustin Chili cook-off today until 6pm. Come stop by our booth and grab some free swag!
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.00 Sewers @OCSewers Jun 2
Want something fun to do this wknd?We'll be at the Tustin Chili Cook-off this Sunday handing out free
goodies! -billy/1 WDkaxq
60C Sewers @OCSewers Jun 2
Every Friday,we're sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work. We're calling it#OCSDatWork.
billy/2gPk61 a
eOC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 1
Happy Thursday!Today's#tbt picture is one from 1953 and shows the beginning stages of our Ocean
Outfall i e bein constructed in#HB.
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60C Sewers @OCSewers Jun 1
OC Sewers Retweeted NACWA
Thank you for helping us spread the word about#What2Flush and the 3 P's!
OC Sewers added,
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NACWA @NACWA
Over 300 organizations in 25 countries agree: Only flush the 3 Psi (Pee, Poop, &TP)_nacwa.org/wp
#ToiletsAreNotTrashcans
OC Sewers @OCSewers Jun 1
Wondering how to dispose of unused or expired medication? Check out our PSA.#What2Flush
https://www.Youtube.com/watch?r—ew8Yd9828UE
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Facebook Posts
June 2017
Facebook Posts for June 2017
Posted 33 times
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-45 rains
Did you know that OCSD has parmered with compost educators to create The Compost Story?Check out the new
movie!
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"The Compost Story" Video
The Composting Council Research and Education Foundation supports initiatives that enhance the stature and practices of the
composting industry by supporting scientific research,increasing awareness,and educating the...
COWOSTFOUNDATTON ORG
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell Yesterday at 9:00am
What an interesting article to read.As part of our what 2 Flush campaign we remind folks about the 3 P's(Pee,Poop
and Toilet Paper)and how they should be the only three things flushed down the toilet. Do you know#w2f?
htm://wwtonline.co.uk/.../shames-investigates-energy-E../3594...
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Thames investigates energy from fatbergs
Thames Water has joined forces with mnewables firm Argent Energy to investigate the possibility oftransfonning fats,oil and grease...
Read more here.
WWTONLIN .CO.0
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June26 at 9a0am
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."-Helen
Keller#MotivationMonday
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June25 at 12:00pm
Do you care about the#environment and#publichealth?Want to advance your#career?
If you're interested,apply for a#job with the Orange County Sanitation District!
hftp://www.ocsd.coni/about-us/iobs/iob-openings
Orange County Sanitation District : Job Openings
OCSD.COM
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Orange County Sanitation District added 2 new photos.
Published by Rebecca Gorelick Lone June 24 at 12:41pm
Having a great day at the Dana Point Food and Music festival come join @OCSewets and Orange County Water
District and taste teat#GWRSwater!
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Rebecca Gorelick Lone-June 24 at It l5am
Join us today and Orange County Water District in Dana point at the OC Food&Music Festival and taste
test#GWRS water! #H2ODroP
Orange County Sanitation District
Publishedby Kelly Newell June24at10:0Oam
ome tak b ith us! Check out our new video! Thank you Windsong Productions for all your hard
:omJwatch?v— 1OW10WAhco
General OCSD Video 2017
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YOIITUBECOM
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell -June 24 at 9:25am Fountain Valley
We're at the FV 60th Anniversary parade this morning! Thanks for letting us participate! It's going to be a blast.
-ro -
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 24 at7:00am
Today,OCSD will be participating in Fountain Valley's 60th Anniversary.
Our General Manager and Vice Chaimuan will be participating in a parade by riding in one of OCSD's Pull Rig
trucks.
Our volunteers will be walking along side of the vehicle tossing out free goodies to the crowd.
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60th Anniversary Fountain Valley. CA - Official Website
City of Fountain Valley's 601h Anniversary Webpage 1957 to 2017
FOUNTAffi ALLEYDRG
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 23 at 9:00am
Every Friday,we're sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work for a fun,new Friday Facebook feature
called#OCSDatWork.
Here are Senior Mechanics,Gilbert Barela(left)and Chris Lyons(right)at our Huntington Beach facility wearing
self-contained breathing aparatuses.Doing their jobs,they may be exposed to Hydrogen Sulfide(H2S),Carbon
Monoxide and Methane gas.Here they're changing out a valve on a live Digester. Safety first!
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 22 at 12:00pm
Interesting article on Japan's aging sewers.
hftp://www.reuters.com/article/us-iaom-sewm-idUSKBN1940IC
Ja�Jan's aging sewers highlight resistance to Abe's structural reforms
Hidden beneath its streets,Japan's aging sewer pipes spotlight a challenge that has held back reforms Prime Minister Shinto Abe is
pushing to revitalise the worlds...
REUTERSCOM
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newel l June 21 at 2:46pm
Today,ABC7 helps spread the word about the purest#water in town.#OC W D director of water production talks
about the importance of#waterfeuse.
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Oranee Coun[v Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-June21 at 12:05pm
Come stop by our booth at Hollywood&Highland today at 12:15 p.m.to pick up your free#GWRS bottled water!
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-June 21 at 12:00pm
Today we are in LA sharing our water with others as we take#GWRS bottled water on the road.Check out who
stopped by to give their support!
Transforming#wastewater into pure H2O.#Bumblebee gives it the thumbs up.#GWRS
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Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 21 at 11:41 am
Happy Wednesday! OCSD and#OCWD were pleased to welcome KPCC's A. Martinez to the#GWRS bottled water
launch this morning.
ould- ou-drink-r.../
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From toilet to tap: Would you drink recycled wastewater?
The OC Water District is on a mission to change the public's mind about recycled wastewater one bottle at a time.Here's how it testes.
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Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-June 21 at 9:00am
Happy First Day of Summer!
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-June 20 at 12:00pm-
Did you know..9
OCSD has spent$2.4 million in the past five years on new equipment&more than$300k in one year to unclog
pumps.
Just say NO to "disposable"wipes because they really aren't disposable.#Wbat2Flush
...See More
Home
.Human waste and toilet paper should be the only thing going down the toilet.Unfortunately,over the years,people have turned the
toilet into a trash can.From medications and sanitary products to deceased pet fish and cigarette butts,if it fits,...
WHAT2FLUSH.COM
Boost Post
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-June 19 at 9o0am
"Find out who you are and be that person.That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be.Find that truth, live that
truth and everything else will come."-Ellen DeGeneres#MotivationMonday
Boost Post
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 18 at 12:00pm
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Did you know that OCSD has been around for 60 plus years?Check out our history video to learn more about us.
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OCSD 60th Anniversary History Video
Celebrating an important part ofOC's pas;present,and future
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Tanya Chou e June 16 at 10:55am
CONSTRUCTION ALERT:As part of the Red Hill Sewer Improvements Project,construction is starting at the
intersection of Red Hill and Mitchell in the City of Tustin starting this Saturday.Anticipate traffic delays and expect
northbound Red Hill Ave to be down to one lane between Walnut Ave and Mitchell Ave.Please be patient and allow
extra time to your commute,or find alternative routes to arrive to your final destination.
Paving activities also taking place this Sound...
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 16 at 8:36am Anaheim
This morning staff is attending the OC Water Summit.We look forward to learning more about how to find new
water.
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Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 15 at 12:OOpm
Happy Thursday! Today's#throwbacktbursday photo is from 1968 and gives you an idea of what our Plant No.2
facility in Huntington Beach use to look like.As you can see,a lot has changed since
then! #alwaysupdatingandretrofluing#havetokeepupwithpopulationgrowth
Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 14 at 12:00pm
Have you'liked'OCSD on Facebook yet?Follow our page for news,fun facts&information about wastewater
treatment!
httos://www.facebook.com/OCSewen
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Ncwcll June 13 at 3:05pm
Do you care about the#environment and#publichealth?Want to advance your#career`?
If you're interested,apply for a#job with the Orange County Sanitation District!
htto://www.ocsd.com/about-us/iobs/iob-openin2s
Orange County Sanitation District : Job Openings
OCSD.COM
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Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 12 at 9:00am
"When we seek to discover the best in others,we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."-William Arthrn
Ward#MotivationMonday
Boost Post
Orange County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 9 at 9:00am
Every Friday,we're sharing photos of OCSD employees hard at work and we're calling it#OCSDatWork.
Here are Mike Childers and Luc Tang of Plant 2 removing a broken valve in the basement of the West Returned
Activated Sludge(RAS).
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Returned Activated Sludge is the wastewater and biological mass that is returned to aeration tanks to further remove
contaminants.After this occurs,it is then sent to the final clarifiers where it exits the process by either treated
wastewater or...
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Oran¢e County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 7 at 11:31 am
Come take a tour with us! Check out our new video! Thank you W indsone Productions for all your hard
com/watch?v= 1OWIOWAhco
General OCSD Video 2017
YO=BE.COM
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Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell-June 5 at 9:00am
"All you need is the plan,the road map,and the courage to press on to your destination."-Earl
Nightingale WotivationMonday
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Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 4 at 11:55am Tustin
Want something fun to do today?We're at the Tustin Chili Cook-Off until 6pm. Come stop by our booth and grab
some free swag!
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Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Ncwcll June 2 at 12:00pm
Have any plans this weekend?Want something fun to do?Come check out the Tustin Chili Cook-off this Sunday
from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.We will be there handing out free goodies! Hope to see you
there!http://www.tustinea.org/depts/narks/strectfair/default.asn
City of Tustin. California - Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off
,including the worlds largest one-day Chili Cook-Off,salsa competitions,craft booths,non-profit food vendors,commercial vendors,
entertainment,kids area,music,family friendly contests,wine&beer booths,family plaza and carnival attractions.
TUSTINCA.ORG
Oranee County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newel l June 2 at 9:00am
Every Friday,we'll be sharing photos of OCSD employees hazd at work for a fun,new Friday Facebook feature
called#OCSDatWork.
Here is photo of Paul Mahoney from OCSD's HB Plant 2 receiving a carbon canister craned atop a digester.
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According to OCSD Senior Mechanic,Gilbert Barrels,the carbon canisters contain activated carbon granules that are
used to filter the Digester Gas(H2S,Carbon Monoxide and other odors)anytime that a release of gas is needed.
Although the digeste...
See More
Oraoee Couotv Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell June 1 at 12:00pm
Happy Thursday! Today's#tbt picture is one from 1953 and shows the beginning stages of our Ocean Outfall pipe
being constructed in Huntington Beach.
Oranne County Sanitation District
Published by Kelly Newell Jane J at 9:OOam
Wondering how to dispose of unused or expired medication?Check out our PSA.#What2Flush
httns://www.voutube.com/watch9v=m8Yd9828UE
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60 sec No Drues Down the Drains.wmv
60 sec No Drugs Down the Drains.wmv
YOUTUBE.COM
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ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
Agenda
Terminology
Glossary
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
AQMD Air Quality Management District
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CARS California Air Resources Board
CASA California Association of Sanitation Agencies
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CIP Capital Improvement Program
CRWQCB California Regional Water Quality Control Board
CWA Clean Water Act
CWEA California Water Environment Association
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EMT Executive Management Team
EPA US Environmental Protection Agency
FOG Fats, Oils, and Grease
gpd gallons per day
GWRS Groundwater Replenishment System
ICS Incident Command System
IERP Integrated Emergency Response Plan
LOS Level Of Service
MGD Million Gallons Per Day
NACWA National Association of Clean Water Agencies
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NWRI National Water Research Institute
O & M Operations & Maintenance
OCCOG Orange County Council of Governments
OCHCA Orange County Health Care Agency
OCSD Orange County Sanitation District
OCWD Orange County Water District
OOBS Ocean Outfall Booster Station
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PCSA Professional Consultant/Construction Services Agreement
PDSA Professional Design Services Agreement
POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works
ppm parts per million
PSA Professional Services Agreement
RFP Request For Proposal
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
SARFPA Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency
SARI Santa Ana River Interceptor
SARWQCB Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
SAW PA Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCAP Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works
SCAQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
SOCWA South Orange County Wastewater Authority
SRF Clean Water State Revolving Fund
SSMP Sewer System Management Plan
SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
TDS Total Dissolved Solids
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TSS Total Suspended Solids
WDR Waste Discharge Requirements
WEF Water Environment Federation
W ERF Water Environment & Reuse Foundation
WIFIA Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
WIIN Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act
W RDA Water Resources Development Act
Activated sludge process — A secondary biological wastewater treatment process where
bacteria reproduce at a high rate with the introduction of excess air or oxygen and consume
dissolved nutrients in the wastewater.
Benthos —The community of organisms, such as sea stars, worms, and shrimp, which live on,
in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) — The amount of oxygen used when organic matter
undergoes decomposition by microorganisms. Testing for BOD is done to assess the amount of
organic matter in water.
Biogas—A gas that is produced by the action of anaerobic bacteria on organic waste matter in a
digester tank that can be used as a fuel.
Biosolids—Biosolids are nutrient rich organic and highly treated solid materials produced by the
wastewater treatment process. This high-quality product can be recycled as a soil amendment on
farmland or further processed as an earth-like product for commercial and home gardens to
improve and maintain fertile soil and stimulate plant growth.
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) — Projects for repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of
assets. Also includes treatment improvements, additional capacity, and projects for the support
facilities.
Coliform bacteria—A group of bacteria found in the intestines of humans and other animals, but
also occasionally found elsewhere, used as indicators of sewage pollution. E. coli are the most
common bacteria in wastewater.
Collections system— In wastewater, it is the system of typically underground pipes that receive
and convey sanitary wastewater or storm water.
Certificate of Participation (COP)—A type of financing where an investor purchases a share of
the lease revenues of a program rather than the bond being secured by those revenues.
Contaminants of Potential Concern (CPC) — Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic
wastewater contaminants.
Dilution to Threshold (DIT) — The dilution at which the majority of people detect the odor
becomes the D/T for that air sample.
Greenhouse Gases (GHG) — In the order of relative abundance water vapor, carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone gases that are considered the cause of global warming
("greenhouse effect').
Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) — A joint water reclamation project that
proactively responds to Southern California's current and future water needs. This joint project
between the Orange County Water District and the Orange County Sanitation District provides 70
million gallons per day of drinking quality water to replenish the local groundwater supply.
Levels Of Service (LOS) — Goals to support environmental and public expectations for
performance.
N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) — A N-nitrosamine suspected cancer-causing agent. It has
been found in the Groundwater Replenishment System process and is eliminated using hydrogen
peroxide with extra ultra-violet treatment.
National Biosolids Partnership (NBP)—An alliance of the National Association of Clean Water
Agencies and Water Environment Federation, with advisory support from the US Environmental
Protection Agency. NBP is committed to developing and advancing environmentally sound and
sustainable biosolids management practices that go beyond regulatory compliance and promote
public participation to enhance the credibility of local agency biosolids programs and improved
communications that lead to public acceptance.
Plume — A visible or measurable concentration of discharge from a stationary source or fixed
facility.
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) —A municipal wastewater treatment plant.
Santa Ana River Interceptor(SARI) Line —A regional brine line designed to convey 30 million
gallons per day of non-reclaimable wastewater from the upper Santa Ana River basin to the ocean
for disposal, after treatment.
Sanitary sewer—Separate sewer systems specifically for the carrying of domestic and industrial
wastewater. Combined sewers carry both wastewater and urban runoff.
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) — Regional regulatory agency that
develops plans and regulations designed to achieve public health standards by reducing
emissions from business and industry.
Secondary treatment — Biological wastewater treatment, particularly the activated sludge
process, where bacteria and other microorganisms consume dissolved nutrients in wastewater.
Sludge—Untreated solid material created by the treatment of wastewater.
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)—The amount of solids floating and in suspension in wastewater.
Trickling filter — A biological secondary treatment process in which bacteria and other
microorganisms, growing as slime on the surface of rocks or plastic media, consume nutrients in
wastewater as it trickles over them.
Urban runoff—Water from city streets and domestic properties that carry pollutants into the storm
drains, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Wastewater—Any water that enters the sanitary sewer.
Watershed—A land area from which water drains to a particular water body. The Orange County
Sanitation District's service area is in the Santa Ana River Watershed.